I'm SO GLAD you're reading The Charioteer! And you're right, it's best to have your first reading unspoiled if you can help it. Let me know when you've finished reading it. I'd love to discuss your impressions as a first-time reader.
And once you have finished, the whole world of TC fanfic will be open to you, and AMAZING stuff it includes. Let me recommend that you get your toes wet with two fics that each look at the "wedding night" as we like to call the chapter you've just read: maggiehoneybite's Watch One Hour with Me (http://community.livejournal.com/maryrenaultfics/12574.html) and the late Laura Mason's The Beloved (http://community.livejournal.com/maryrenaultfics/13780.html). Two different takes on the same pivotal evening, and both are wonderful.
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And once you have finished, the whole world of TC fanfic will be open to you, and AMAZING stuff it includes. Let me recommend that you get your toes wet with two fics that each look at the "wedding night" as we like to call the chapter you've just read: