*sigh* Hon, I'm looking at that and thinking--besides how rich and powerful a story it is-- "Wow, she got a decent number of comments for it being such a rarepair." The reality of it may suck, but commenters just aren't going to show up in droves for rarepairs--or, in similar cases, teensy peripheral fandoms they don't know (i.e., anime). I knew that when I started getting into anime and wanting to write for anime series; I wasn't going to get the readers in numbers any more, so, the joy of writing had to be my compensation.

Write for yourself. Take joy and reassurance from the few people who DO tell you how good it is. But mostly write because the idea has your heart and wants to be made manifest in fic. Write it to your specifications--it's the number one reward.

*hugs*