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“no. you can’t go, it’s too dangerous.”

“it’s not dangerous. i’ll be fine.”

“i’m not going to let anything happen to you.” 

“you can’t keep me safe from everything.”

“just be careful.” 

“i’m always careful.”

“you’re going to get yourself hurt.”

“i won’t get hurt, i promise.”

“i won’t let them hurt you.”

“you can’t save me from this.”

“please try and stay out of trouble.”

“if anything happened to you…” 

“i’m not sure how to keep you safe.”

“i’m not going to let you out of my sight.”

“this is the only way to keep you safe.”

“you can’t keep an eye on me twenty four seven.”

“everywhere you go, i go.”

“it’s not your job to protect me.”

“it’s my job to protect you.”

“don’t worry, i’ve got you.”

“no one will hurt you as long as i’m breathing.”

“you don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

Okay but I really want a plot where Muse A is like this city girl and her boyfriend is the shittest shit you’ve ever seen and so one day she gets on a bus, with everything she has and just heads south. She ends up in some small town in Texas where she uses all her savings to rent this little house that’s down a quiet lane where she can just be herself and it’s all great until she get’s there and realizes she actually has another neighbor.  Muse A doesn’t see them for a while as so assumes it’s some little old lady that she can deal with but low and behold one hot night when she is outside drinking her tea and she sees the most gorgeous creature she has ever laid eyes on doing some work on the small farm Muse B but nope  Muse A has sworn of men and then god he opens his mouth and this gorgeous southern drawl comes out and he is the sweetest gentleman she has ever met and he calls her ma’am.  Muse B thinks  Muse A is gorgeous but he never pushes for anything he wasn’t raised that way, soon enough  Muse A is outside with her tea every night watching  Muse B as he works away and eventually Muse B does ask her on a date and despite her reluctance  Muse  A agrees and damn it’s perfect and he walks her home and kisses her cheek and tells her goodnight and then he’s gone and he does the same every time until it’s date five and Muse A demands to know when he’s going to come inside and kiss her dammit. Muse A didn’t think it was possible for men to be like this but Muse B is fixing what she didn’t even know what broken. He sings to her, helps old ladies across the road, takes her dancing and makes her laugh and her heart has never felt so good.  

“no. you can’t go, it’s too dangerous.”

“it’s not dangerous. i’ll be fine.”

“i’m not going to let anything happen to you.” 

“you can’t keep me safe from everything.”

“just be careful.” 

“i’m always careful.”

“you’re going to get yourself hurt.”

“i won’t get hurt, i promise.”

“i won’t let them hurt you.”

“you can’t save me from this.”

“please try and stay out of trouble.”

“if anything happened to you…” 

“i’m not sure how to keep you safe.”

“i’m not going to let you out of my sight.”

“this is the only way to keep you safe.”

“you can’t keep an eye on me twenty four seven.”

“everywhere you go, i go.”

“it’s not your job to protect me.”

“it’s my job to protect you.”

“don’t worry, i’ve got you.”

“no one will hurt you as long as i’m breathing.”

“you don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

“we met right before i was supposed to be deployed and decided to get married so that we could stay together and you could live on base and such” (I’VE HAD THIS ONE BEFORE PLEASE GIVE IT TO ME OH MY GOD) 

“we’re both deployed in the same place and keep getting stuck in the same caravan together and now we’re both POWs.” 

anything with long distance relationships and military angst

“i just got home from deployment and you’re a nurse/therapist i’m supposed to see but man you’re cute” 

literally if you give me an army nurse to nurture him back to health i might die ?? 

military buddies bonding and being great together and supportive and wonderful 

ptsd issues/survivor guilt/flashbacks

adjusting to civilian life and struggling 

honorable discharges… or dishonorable discharges. 

soldier/ civilian where they’re stationed romance

like seriously if you have a military plot you’ve wanted to do just throw it at me and i’m probably going to say yes?? 

we can have heart wrenching reunions and possibly involve children and make it so angsty and beautiful and just ??? 

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it will look like this: 

“Then I shall lift you out. Are you able to stand or do you need my help to dry yourself?” He asked her softly as he reached over and pulled the plug out of the bath and looked at her, waiting for her reply before he moved. He wanted to make sure of what she wanted. While he waited for her to tell him he got towels ready to put around her and make her warm again. 

Show me you scars

Muse A is a paramedic. One night they are called to a house after a domestic disturbance call. Muse B i s lying on the carpet in the living room in need of medical assistance. 

Muse A does what they can for Muse B and when they arrive at the hospital feels unable to just leave them there alone. 

Muse B’s recover takes some time and every single day when Muse A is not on shift they come to the hospital room to visit Muse B and help them however they can. They bring flowers and books, TV shows, board games, sneak in the food that Muse B likes. 

The two become good friends over that time, and those feelings grow for Muse A, they begin to fall in love with Muse B.

The night before Muse B is to be released the above exchange happens and Muse B kisses Muse A.

Are the feelings reciprocated? Can Muse B open up about it all and let Muse A help them heal more than just their physical scars?

Vincent looked up at her once he released the clamp, at the realisation on her face of what had just happened, and the gasp that she let out. Oh the moments of surprise were always fun. “How was that Kitten?” he asked her, his fingers running up her stomach to the chain between her nipples, taking it lightly in hand. If he were to tug on it even slightly she’d feel it in all three places. “Tell me what you’d like, Kitten.”

Oooh!  Yes!  I love kisses.  Kisses are where it all starts ;).

Okay, first, remember that a kiss is much, much more than just lips.  It is lips, but also tongues, teeth, eyes, faces, hands, noses, bodies, heartbeats,  breath, voice- and most importantly, a kiss is emotions.  A kiss without emotion is just wet mushy lips stuck together.  Ew.  Gross.  The most important part of a kiss isn’t the how, but the who- because of the emotions between the two people.

Okay so:

lips- Lips can slide, glide over each other smoothly, or they can be chapped and rough and dry and get stuck on each other.  They can match, top-to-top and bottom-to-bottom, or they can overlap, with one person’s top or bottom lip captured between the other person’s lips (yummy).  If there is lipstick or chapstick there is lipstick or chapstick flavor, otherwise, lips don’t have a taste (can you taste yours?).  Lips also can smack- the sound of two of them coming together or pulling apart, because they’re wet and warm and soft.

tongue- Tongues are always wet, and always warm.  They’re very versatile.  They can trace over lips, teeth, or another tongue.  They can be smooth and graceful or teasing and flicking.  When tongues are involved, there is drool.  It’s only sexy when you like the person you’re kissing, or else it’s kinda gross. :P

teeth- teeth can clack together awkwardly, or teeth can bite down sensually.  A person biting their own lip is cute, a person biting another’s lips is sexy.  A person biting gently is sensual, a person biting roughly is sexual.

eyes- Eyes can be wide open with surprise, half-lidded with desire, fully closed with pleasure.  Eyes can gaze lovingly, lustfully, wistfully, hungrily, seductively- it all depends upon the emotions of your characters.  Have them do whatever you like, but don’t leave them out- give them at least a mention!

faces- Faces are what the lips are attached to.  Noses bump, cheeks flush, ears turn red, foreheads either wrinkle or relax.  Kisses can leave lips, quite easily, and become kisses on chins, cheeks, noses, foreheads, ears, necks, throats.  Kisses on noses or foreheads are cute and adorable, kisses on cheeks are sweet, kisses on chins, ears, and throats are very sexual.  And a kiss on the lips can be all of those! <3

hands- Hands are super-important.  In order to describe a kiss, usually you want to also describe the hands.  Where are they?  Does one character have their hand behind the other’s head or back, holding them close?  Are they on someone’s shoulders pulling them near, or pushing them away?  Fingers brushing someone’s cheek or palms grabbing someone’s ass convey two very different kinds of situations, even if the kiss itself is exactly the same.

noses- Noses are annoying.  They easily get in the way, especially for first kisses!  People have to tilt their head to one side or the other, and if they don’t, noses bump.  I’d only mention noses if a kiss is supposed to be awkward or uncertain or nervous.

bodies- bodies are either close together, or far away.  Someone can be surrounded comfortingly by someone’s arms, or terrifyingly trapped by them.  Bodies are warm or hot, they are calm or nervous, relaxed or tense.  Body language says a lot.  Is your character pulling away, or moving closer?

heartbeat- Hearts can beat fast or slow, and that’s about all they can do- but there are lots of reasons why they do!  A heart can beat fast with fear or excitement or nervousness; a heart can pound with lust or race with terror or sing with joy.  Hearts can glow, cower, or shatter.  When you really want to drive the emotions of a character home, mention the heart.

breath- To me, the most consuming part of a kiss is the breath.  The air that someone else has just breathed going deep into your lungs is very intimate.  Lips and tongues don’t have a taste, but breath does.  Each person’s breath tastes different, smells different, and surrounds a person differently than anyone else’s breath.  Breath can be warm and sweet, breath can be hot and sexy, breath can be hot and frightening.  It is something that is very present and should not be left out.  A lot of writers leave breath out.  And it’s so important; it’s the most intimate part of a kiss.  Someone else is breathing into your lungs, and it’s either heaven or it’s hell.

voice- Voice conveys much, even without words.  A voice can groan, whimper, gasp, moan, catch, whine, scream, sigh.  Voice can convey emotion powerfully, and while some kisses are silent, usually they’re not.

emotion-  Emotion is the most important- and the thing you try not to say.  You want to describe it, through all of the things above, so that it’s perfectly clear what your characters are feeling, without you ever using the “feelings words”.  If they’re in love, their bodies will lean close, their eyes will smile, their voices will giggle softly.  If they’re nervous, their palms will sweat, their noses will bump, their voices will shudder.  If they’re afraid, their muscles will be tense, their faces will grimace, their lips will not open.  Emotion is the color that you keep inside your mind as you write; it’s the base line that drives the description behind everything else you say.

Wow, that was a lot!  Gosh I hope it wasn’t too much!  Keep in mind not every kiss has all these things- this is just a list of things to consider when writing a kiss, and based on how long of a kiss you want to make.  Keep in mind that typing “they kissed for a long time”…that’s six words, it takes half a second to read, so that’s a short kiss!  If you want a long kiss, you need long sentences that make the reader linger.