Hee, I'm glad it made sense to you! And you're so right about Teyla/Bates. Both the pretty and the pattern :D It's pretty rare that there's more than one pairing in a show that has the "right" dynamic for me. In HP, of course, quite a few Snape pairings fit it to a degree, some more than others, which probably explains why I read a lot of Snape pairings. *g* Snape/Sirius just fits it better than any other, which is why I love that best.