A Different Perspective
Radical Proposition: what they do is far less important than how/why they do it. Think action last, character first.
So, important questions at this stage might be: What are the characteristics of your character so far? What do they like? What have they shared or not shared or may want to share? In what settings have they been or are they about to be based on their emotional path to this moment? How purposeful or helter-skelter are they, based on what we've seen? In short, why might they be ready or not quite ready for intimacy?
And if this is not yet the moment by virtue of how they feel together, then an accidental or incidental coming together by, say, dance or hair washing or some other suggested event may seem forced, and in any case will take them in an entirely different direction than a more purposeful union. Maybe that's OK, especially if you let character lead rather than a preordained story line and wish to explore how love goes or founders based on glancing action. It's just that the logic of progression changes when the question is "who are they?" rather than "what should they do?"
So say they enjoy music and concerts, but tangle some with differing tastes. Say she brings him some new sheet music of a favorite composer. Say it’s a rainy night. Say he has just started the fireplace. Say they share the bench at his old piano. Say they laugh at it so out of tune, but her passing thought is some of his life is the same. Say he struggles with the piece, liking she brought it but not especially liking it, smirking and smiling. Say she interrupts him and plays a few bars to show him it’s good and it is to him under her hands and he says so. Say her hair is damp and frazzled. Say she is flushed making her point or is it the waking fire. Say they sit together on the bench a wee bit short for two. Say their elbows and sides touch …
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