Hey, you guys

[potentiality_26]

Is there a generally accepted term for... let's call it "Comfortable UST"?  This is for a fic, and I know that on AO3 I may coin "Comfortable UST" if I so desire, I'm just wondering a terminology is already out there.

See, in most fic I've read, UST is a bad, angsty thing.  What I'm going for is more, "There's tension here.  It will be resolved, not now, but later, and everyone involved is okay with that."
 

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[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

Well, grammatically speaking, tension is a negative word, but my understanding is that 'strong sexual attraction (from both parties) that has not been- or cannot be- consummated at this time' can equal 'unresolved sexual tension' under certain circumstances. And that unconsummated attraction can be played for angst, but what I'm going for is something that implies that it isn't angsty, it's just a transitional stage between 'acted on' and 'not acted on' that isn't particularly fraught.

I'm probably still explaining that really badly.

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Oh, actually you explained that just fine.