Interesting that you associate lover/gay and partner/straight - I think of partner as long-term/committed relationship, regardless of who's in it (and know married folks who still call each other partner). Although this is apparently a regional thing - back in VA at a wedding, I introduced B as my partner, and people did not understand what it meant (not that they asked or anything - why get clarification when a blank look and ignoring will suffice?).
But thinking about it, most fanfic isn't about long-term established relationships, and lover/partner doesn't get used in the contexts we're talking about.
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Date: 2004-03-18 01:03 pm (UTC)But thinking about it, most fanfic isn't about long-term established relationships, and lover/partner doesn't get used in the contexts we're talking about.