Be afraid

[leethet]

Like all my fanfic thoughts, this is probably a dead horse kind of thing. But I was thinking that in gen hurt/comfort, there is a strong erotic element. It's not exactly sexual, but it's usually extremely physical -- much touching, much physical trust and intimacy. And I wonder if it's as close as nonslashers will get to slash. Any and all thoughts on the topic are welcome here.

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[leethet.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, the possibility of sex just doesn't occur (even unconsciously) to some writers.

What Cindy said. When I'm writing gen, I'm writing gen. The possibility of sex doesn't occur to the characters, because they're straight. It's just love and trust and caring and all that other good stuff. :)