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I am tired of defensiveness and weird, mixed signals. Let's just get to the truth here, okay?
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✱˚。⋆ ↪ THE 𝐒TAGES OF 𝐈NTIMACY. a collection of various action prompts centered around the varying stages of intimacy. feel free to adjust as desired. heavily mature content, dni with this post if you are under 18, & DO NOT use these prompts for non-con scenarios. )
SETTINGS.
[01.] finding privacy in a cramped dressing room.
[02.] cramming into the backseat of a car together.
[03.] slipping into the lonesome alleyway behind the bar for "time alone".
[04.] pulling them away from a party after hours of relentless teasing.
[05.] getting handsy under the table at a fancy dining establishment.
[06.] taking the long way home and pulling over on a dark stretch of road.
[07.] staying behind at the venue after everyone else has left.
[08.] the hotel room door barely clicks shut before hands are on them.
[09.] a tent in the middle of nowhere where no one can hear anything.
NEW TERRITORY.
[10.] finding yourself staring at their mouth and getting caught.
[11.] pulling back from a kiss to look at them, then immediately going back in.
[12.] memorizing the shape of them for the first time with your palms.
[13.] that exploratory first kiss, reserved and shy.
[14.] a gentle first kiss that morphs into intense want.
[15.] feeling the shape of their body through their clothes.
[16.] asking for permission to remove one of their garments.
[17.] finally succumbing to the thick tension & colliding feverishly.
[18.] fumbling with buttons or zippers because your hands won't stop shaking.
[19.] admitting out loud that you've been thinking about this for a while.
HEATING UP.
[20.] pulling them into your lap in the midst of a heated kiss.
[21.] discovering that they're wearing [ GEAR / LINGERIE ] under their clothes.
[22.] kissing away from their lips, down the length of their neck.
[23.] desperately grinding on them through layers of clothing.
[24.] dirty talking directly into their ear to turn them on even further.
[25.] pushing them onto a piece of furniture before straddling them.
[26.] lifting them onto the countertop while making out.
[27.] tugging their hair to expose more of their throat to your mouth.
[28.] the wrecked way they say your name for the first time.
[29.] fabric tearing because neither of you has the patience for buttons.
[30.] removing an obstacle of clothing with your teeth.
UNRAVELING.
[31.] biting down on their shoulder to muffle how good it feels.
[32.] the sound they make when you find the spot that undoes them.
[33.] begging without any trace of pride left and meaning every word.
[34.] their composure cracking for the first time, they finally stop holding back.
[35.] repeating "don't stop" like it's the only language left in their mouth.
[36.] leaving possessive marks in places only they'll see.
[37.] whispering "look at me" right before you take them apart.
[38.] trying to be quiet and failing, so they clamp a hand over your mouth.
[39.] flipping positions so fast neither of you remembers who initiated it.
[40.] their nails dragging down your back hard enough to sting later.
[41.] being told to open your mouth and doing it before the sentence is finished.
[42.] having your hands pinned above your head.
[43.] the desperate scramble to get closer when there is no closer to get.
COMING DOWN.
[44.] fingers lazily tracing the marks they just left on your skin.
[45.] pulling the blanket over both of you without being asked.
[46.] that silent, dazed smile when they catch your eye across the pillow.
[47.] the shaky laugh when neither of you can remember where your shirt is.
[48.] going to get water and bringing a glass back for them without asking.
[49.] lying chest to chest, feeling their heartbeat slow back down against yours.
[50.] the quiet "hey" that means something completely different now.
[51.] "come here" said softly — not urgently. just wanting them close again.
[52.] the reluctant moment of untangling.
"The golden child burden" Prompts
˙⋆✮ Succeeding and immediately wondering if it was enough or just the minimum expected
˙⋆✮ The praise that came with conditions so embedded they felt like personality
˙⋆✮ Being held up as the example and quietly hating everyone it was held over
˙⋆✮ Achieving something huge and feeling nothing where the feeling was supposed to be
˙⋆✮ The performance of okayness so practiced it became indistinguishable from actual okayness
˙⋆✮ Never being allowed to be the one who needed something for once
˙⋆✮ The sibling dynamic that was never chosen and never fully escaped
˙⋆✮ Internalizing standards so high they became the ceiling and the floor simultaneously
˙⋆✮ Being told they made everything look easy and never admitting how hard the looking easy was
˙⋆✮ The fear of a single failure dismantling an identity built on never failing
˙⋆✮ Helping everyone else because being needed felt safer than being known
˙⋆✮ The version of themselves that existed before they learned what was expected and lost the instructions back
˙⋆✮ Receiving love that felt like a performance review and learning to prefer it to nothing
˙⋆✮ Never throwing tantrums because they learned early that being difficult had consequences
˙⋆✮ The exhaustion of being the responsible one before they were old enough to be responsible for themselves
˙⋆✮ Secretly envying the one who got to be the mess because the mess got held differently
˙⋆✮ Being proud of themselves for exactly one moment before moving to the next thing required
˙⋆✮ The therapist's office where they first said out loud that they were tired and meant it about decades
˙⋆✮ Realizing the validation they were given was never actually about them
˙⋆✮ Learning that being impressive and being loved are not the same lesson and nobody told them
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Spiritual Leader x Their Deity
“You have quite a lot of smugness about being the one to speak to me.” “How can I not? They all beg on their knees for a glimpse. I get whole conversations.” “Conversations held on your knees, regardless.”
“Are you still there?” “Always.”
“Without me, they would not know to worship you!” “Without me, you would be nothing.”
“They are not ready to hear your voice.” “Or perhaps you are not ready to share.”
*with blood stained hands* “Take this suffering as proof of my devotion.” “I never asked you to spill blood for me.” “And yet you only reply to me when I do.”
“I have given all I possibly could.” “I suppose it is adequate for a mortal.”
“I expected more from my favorite.” “I-I'm sorry.” “You should be.”
“Why me?” “Why do you think?”
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Anxiety flaws!!
˙⋆✮ Saying "no worries!" to someone who just genuinely hurt them
˙⋆✮ Replaying a conversation from three years ago at 2am with full emotional clarity
˙⋆✮ Sending a text and then dreading the response before it even comes
˙⋆✮ Over-explaining to the point where the apology needs its own apology
˙⋆✮ Asking if everything is okay so many times it becomes the problem
˙⋆✮ Interpreting a slow reply as the end of an entire relationship
˙⋆✮ Preparing for worst case scenarios so thoroughly they almost will them into existence
˙⋆✮ The need to fix the tension in a room even when they didn't cause it
˙⋆✮ Canceling plans with relief and then feeling guilty about the relief
˙⋆✮ Catastrophizing in total silence while appearing completely fine
˙⋆✮ Being so afraid of being a burden they become one in a different way
˙⋆✮ Rehearsing phone calls before making them including possible tangents
˙⋆✮ Saying yes to things weeks away and panicking as they approach
˙⋆✮ Needing reassurance and then not believing it when it comes
˙⋆✮ The spiral that starts with one small thing and ends somewhere completely unrelated
˙⋆✮ Apologizing for apologizing too much and meaning both sincerely
˙⋆✮ Reading tone into texts that have no tone because text has no tone
˙⋆✮ Being exhausted by their own brain and having nowhere to put that
˙⋆✮ The performance of calm so convincing even they almost believe it
˙⋆✮ Loving people so loudly because losing them quietly is the real fear
Things characters never say out loud!!!
✮ I need you to stay without me having to ask
✮ I'm not actually fine and haven't been for longer than I've admitted
✮ I'm afraid that if you really knew me you would leave
✮ I don't know who I am outside of what I do for other people
✮ I miss who I was before everything that made me who I am
✮ I'm lonely in a way that having people around doesn't fix
✮ I think about that moment more than I will ever tell you
✮ I'm proud of myself and I don't know how to hold that without someone giving me permission
✮ I chose you specifically and I need you to know that even though I'll never say it
✮ I'm angrier than I look and have been for years
✮ I forgave you a long time ago and kept the grudge because the grudge felt safer
✮ I want to be taken care of just once without having to orchestrate it myself
✮ I don't know how to let this go and I'm not sure I want to
✮ That thing you said changed the direction of my life and you have no idea
✮ I stayed because of you specifically and I'll never tell you because of what it would mean
✮ I'm scared that this is as good as I'm capable of becoming
✮ I love you in a way I don't have the right category for
✮ I needed you to fight for me and you didn't and I'm still not over it
✮ I'm grieving something I never had and I don't know how to explain that to anyone
✮ I think I could be happy and that terrifies me more than anything that has ever hurt me
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I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.