#slow burn problems

[loveusepro2000]

update peut-être il me déteste et que j'ai pas encore la confirmation

[brainrockets]

I was reading a slow burn fanfic and was at like the payoff and like:

My mom called to chat.

The neighbor's Amazon order arrived and the guy kept ringing my bell. (Usually not a huge deal, but I was in my Sunday undies and needed time to get pants, but he kept ringing and setting off the dogs.)

FedEx showed up with a delivery for me. They at least just left it in the usual spot.

Like, one interruption would be a minor annoyance. But just like all in a cluster JUST when I got to the payoff!? Absolutely infuriating. Like one chapter earlier and I'd have been fine with it, but I was like MID CHAPTER!

[cinder-rose]

Thirty thousand words and twelve chapters into a failed one-shot and the characters who were drunkenly fucking in a park without knowing each others' names in chapter one are finally about to kiss

And I'm supposed to just go about my day as normal??

[puppyduckster]

My main problem with slow burn romances is that I almost always end up loving the actual slow burn so much that I’m always a little bit disappointed when the slow burn couple in mind finally gets together.

[lelianasbitch]

Sees someone comment about their own fic, "13,000 words and they haven't even kissed yet!" and I laugh nervously at my 99k word fic

[megannmorse]

this fic has hit 35k words and they don’t even have feelings for each other yet

[veridium]

*Sheds tear* I finally...finally...get to compile Cass and Liv’s “falling in love/romance" writing muse playlist. God I feel like slamming a dagger into a map except instead of Tevinter it’s “FINALLY THE CHARACTERS ARE BEING HONEST WITH EACH OTHER”-ville.

[veridium]

*Sighs heavily into morning tea* One day, this slow burn will come to a boil, and I can write one-shot fluff pieces about my bisexual power couple without feeling like I’m giving shit away or cheating their character development...ONE DAY.