I Like My Pining With A Side Of Sex

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musesfool and melusina were talking about the stories they repeatedly write, here and here.

Years ago, there was a meme that went around LJ where writers wrote about their one true story - the plot or theme that they keep coming back to over and over again across multiple fandoms and characters.

Reading back over my fics, it's clear that that One True Story - or at least, the story that has kept reoccuring in the fics I've written over the last year, is the 'I want more of you than I currently possess' story. Basically, where Character A has a relationship with Character B (often sexual) but Character A wants to level that relationship up to 'sex PLUS emotions' but thinks that that is not even a possibility, for various reasons.

What's your one true story?

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Some level of the girl wanting control and keeping herself cold and aloof because she doesn't want to get hurt again while the man loves her desperately and will take whatever he can get from her while giving her everything in an attempt to help her see that if she does let go he'll keep her vulnerability safe and they'll both be happier for it because love is better than being alone.

Oh my fucking god this. This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

This is probably to make up for the fact that I personally wear my heart on my sleeve all the time; my women tend to be very guarded characters.


I'm the opposite - I probably love this dynamic because I AM a very guarded, logical with my emotions woman, so the idea of someone getting to know me, accepting that, and being safe to fall in love with... catnip.