Ideas
Hey, guys and dolls. Need to brainstorm with my fellow twisted minds. I am trying to jazz up a short story. My heroine is driving back to campus. Her ex-boyfriend/fiance just dumped her over Christmas break so she's got issues. So wrapped up in her revenge fantasy she goes off the road. She hits her head and awakens to find someone in the car with her. The gorgeous guy in the passenger seat is fae and has the ability to heat things up with a touch of his hand. For him, this starts out as a standard rescue mission (make sure the woman doesn't freeze to death). But he takes a liking to my heroine and vice-versa (of course). Without getting into too much more of it, I was wondering how I could build up to the sexual climax (which doesn't occur in the car btw). It's a challenging setting and I don't want to bore my potential readers. I'm wanting some ideas for what could occur or what they could talk about that would build tension and add to the story. I'm thinking my hero doesn't have enough issues of his own, so I'm pondering in that direction. Any suggestions appreciated. :)

Does the ex ever come back into things at any point? Does she get her chance at revenge?

He shows up at the end and the hero sort of "cools him off" by throwing him into the snow.

Oooh I woulda thought she would have had her wicked revenge hehe.

I want to encourage you to make him an angel, but that might be a bit too "out there". Cold. Car. Hmm... Are you seeking action suggestions like kissing her fingers to keep them warm or are you seeking plot foundation suggestions like...umm....ok I'm drawing a blank because I'm thinking car + cold + trying to keep warm = all the foundation for sexual tension you could need.

Heehee. I'm wanting something besides the sexual tension. I've got that down I think. What I'm trying to avoid is making it so obvious that two people stuck in a car are destined to do the nasty. :)

Maui, my heroine does get to think about her revenge plot allowing for quite a bit of humor and sensuality.

Heh sorry, that's the first thing that popped into my head from a readers perspective.

He's a woodland fairy. Special powers. That's the supernatural angle.

So, you have the sexual tension handled, you have a supernatural element added and you're looking for a reason that they might be in that car and NOT get it on? Why are you doing this to yourself? You have a great thing going here. Just write the story. Have him paint her toenails if you really think something other than...oh...trying to save her life by keeping her warm needs to go on. Seriously, sounds to me like you got it covered. I'm not sure what more you could want. Edit: besides before the reader even gets to word one they know it's going to be classified as an erotic story...ya ain't gonna "surprise" them with sex no matter how you wrap it, cover it up, or attempt to distract them with anything else. They know it's there. They'll figure out when it's coming. Just focus on keeping the HOW of it all interesting and the WHAT of it will be wonderful.

True, true, true. Here's the thing though. They're in the car together. They have to have sex or almost have sex to keep her alive. That's covered. It's the BEFORE that I want to work on. From the moment she awakens and he introduces himself, I don't want it to seem as though I just threw them together because that's what two people trapped in a car do. It's obvious what's going to happen and I'm not trying to hide it as much as I am trying to lead up to it in an exciting way. In other words, I don't just want "Hi, you'll freeze if we don't fuck." :) I want the foreplay BEFORE the foreplay, you know what I mean? (I'm apologizing here for not getting my dilemma across better.) :P