Everyone and their brother has now done a fic kink list, so uh, here's mine.
- Well-copyedited stories. I know it's silly and superficial and totally anal-retentive picky, and would hopefully not need to be said, but the easiest and fastest way to my heart is to proofread your fic (then proofread it again).
- Stories about waking up.
- Characters spending the day in bed.
- Girls in button-down shirts (and nothing else).
- Girls in boys' underwear.
- Women in men's clothing, period.
- Ties (on anyone).
- Handcuffs/chains, especially if they rattle.
- Knives. Preferably not with actual like, life-threatening action, but as dragged across skin and tiny slightly bleeding cuts as in knifeplay? Guh.
- Guns, and women who carry them. Not actually using them (because that's less guh than it is scary), but carrying them is kind of beyond lovely.
- Collars. Of any & all kinds.
- Spanking, especially when it doesn't lead to sex.
- Fingernails.
- Wallsex.
- Characters talking over each other.
- Or finishing each others sentences.
- A character's facility with his/her hands, in any (all) ways.
- Sentences whose construct matches their content. For example, when a writer uses a long, winding sentence in building up to a climax (not just sexual). (There's a literary term for it, I know there is, but of course it won't come to me right now...even though gah, this is a HUGE fic kink for me.)
- Short skirt, long jacket.
- Characters who don't let people in easily.
- Gestures. Big, small, whatever. I love actions taken for another person.
- Stories about trust.
- Stuttering, stumbling confessions. (Emotional, guilt-ridden -- you name it, I love it.)
- Sex being a huge issue, even when it's happening.
- The relationship part of inappropriate (sexual) relationships.
- Snark and banter, especially as foreplay.
- Realistic depictions of age. (See also: #keefjr)
- Stories that start happy and end not.
- Stories that start certain and end either not, or unhappy.
- Hands in hair, for whatever reason.
- Cocktails. Drinking, making, all of the rituals associated with it.
- Getting and being high. (Most preferably weed, but other drugs work.)
- Female characters who wear sneakers or stompy boots.
- Female characters in baggy pants.
- A passionate conversation.
- A dispassionate argument, especially one leading to breakup.
- Fetishization of skin, by the character or the writer.
- Long, lingering descriptions of any body part, actually.
- Bruises, physical, both the good and bad kinds.
- Giggling, especially by characters you wouldn't expect
- Five Things stories. (Especially if there's a sixth of the opposite.) Seriously, I love me a well-written five things story.
- Characters out of their element.
- Unrequited love, but only when both parties know about it.
- When the obvious goes without saying.
- Stories about coping with loss.
- Characters trying to cope with loss and failing.
- Characters spiraling out of control.
- Characters spiraling and taking other characters with them.
- Road trip stories.
- Sharing a hotel room.
- Sleeping together, without sex.
- One character walking away from another without a word.
- When one person keeps his/her internal struggle/conflict so well-hidden, the people around him/her genuinely don't know anything's wrong. (And not due to their own obliviousness.)
- Conversations that are really about something else.
- Non-simultaneous orgasms.
- Characters reminiscing. "Do you remember that time we..."
- Quiet conversations in the middle of a loud party/bar/club. (Especially if they're flirty/just plain dirty.)
- A character slipping away after sex. (Getting a drink of water, going to the bathroom, making food, leaving all together, whatever.)
- Characters puttering around the kitchen.
- Characters puttering around barefoot.
- Stories about one character fulfilling a fantasy of the other, especially if something goes wrong.
- Clavicles.
- Hips.
- Pegging.
- Girls with strap-ons. Just -- guh.
- Darkness. The literal kind, but mostly when it's also serving as a metaphor.
- Have I mentioned genderplay yet? Because seriously, subverting gender stereotypes/"norms"? Guh.
- Queer het, especially non-sexual.
- Threesomes/moresomes, especially the relationship parts.
- Flirting in public, through double entendres that keep the people around you from realizing it's genuine flirting.
- Teasing, especially in public.
- Hidden talents of any kind.
- Pouting. (Good lord, pouting.) Especially on boys.
- Stories set in Manhattan.
- Stories set in the middle of nowhere.
- Fingers tracing lips. (Holy guh, seriously.)
- Girl-on-girl flirting. Especially if it doesn't actually lead to sex.
- Characters watching the sun rise or set together.
- Characters doing things unconsciously when drunk that they wouldn't do sober. (i.e., hair twirling, trailing nails across skin, etc.)
- Characters fidgeting/playing with accessories. (i.e. glasses, jewelry, etc.)
- Bare legs. Especially when they're long and not entirely smooth.
- Women who don't wear bras.
- Clothes that don't fit quite right/don't belong to the character.
- Extreme temperatures. Either where layers have to be removed, or where characters have to cuddle together for warmth, even if non-sexual.
- Blushing. Uh. Just sayin'. (No reason. Really. *does not blush*)
- Breakfast in bed, especially when the characters aren't in a romantic relationship. (Okay, but, when they are, too.)
- Scenes à faire. The everyday, mundane things that happen in life.
- Stories about special occasions. Especially when both parties are nervous and awkward and want everything to be perfect (but then it's not and that's okay).
- Characters' hands in pockets. Theirs or someone else's; standing casually or shoved in there, angry or dejected or defeated or whatever else.
- Weather that doesn't match what's happening in the story. For example, the sun streaming through the window while a woman is telling her boyfriend she cheated on him.
- Changing seasons.
- Morning rituals.
- Characters that are brilliant, and awkward about it.
- Short first sentences. (For example, "It started with a chair.")
- Stories set in the workplace. Gen or shippy, doesn't matter.
- Desks.
- Characters getting his/her/their ass kicked for doing the right thing.
- Walking in winter. Shivering.
- Long, comfortable friendships that still aren't easy, still take work.
- Stories about sadness, longing, regret.
- Stories about love. Young love, friendship love, family love (especially chosen families), romantic love. Just...love.
So, uh, there you have it. Hope it was worth the wait. (LOL)