Aftercare
The come-down is written with as much care as the scene.
Spice types
Spice types, defined.
Heat level says how explicit. Spice type says what kind. Nothing here sits above anything else on the list.
A4 entries
Age gap
A significant age difference is central to the dynamic.
Alien
Off-world partners and unfamiliar anatomy.
Angst-heavy
Emotional wreckage runs through the intimacy, not just around it.
B5 entries
BDSM
Bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, masochism — negotiated kink practice.
On the shelf guide: Losers: Part I
Blood play
Blood, biting, or feeding used erotically.
On the shelf guide: Den of Vipers
Bondage
Restraint by rope, cuffs, or hands. Movement taken away on purpose.
Brat taming
The sub pushes back on purpose; the dom answers it. Mouthiness is the foreplay.
Breeding
Conception talk or intent used as the charge, pregnancy optional.
C4 entries
Cheating
Infidelity happens on page and isn't tidied away.
Comfort spice
Low-stakes, safe, repeat-read intimacy. No dread attached.
Consensual non-consent
A pre-agreed scene played as if consent were absent.
Corruption
One character deliberately leads the other past their own line.
D5 entries
Dark
Morally grey or villain leads, real violence, power imbalance. Tone, not consent.
On the shelf guide: Haunting Adeline
Degradation
Consensual verbal debasement used as arousal, not as cruelty.
Demon / fae
Bargains, bindings, and inhuman rules of desire.
Dom / sub
A named dominant and submissive dynamic that shapes the whole relationship.
Dubcon
Consent is present but murky — coerced, pressured, or clouded.
E3 entries
Edging / denial
Release delayed or withheld deliberately.
Enthusiastic consent
Consent is clear, spoken, and part of the heat itself.
Exhibitionism
Arousal from the risk or fact of being seen.
F2 entries
Forbidden authority
Boss, teacher, guardian, priest — a power role that makes it off limits.
Free use
Standing, pre-agreed access between partners.
H1 entry
Humiliation play
Embarrassment used deliberately as part of the charge.
On the shelf guide: Losers: Part I
I2 entries
Impact play
Spanking, flogging, striking — pain as sensation.
On the shelf guide: Losers: Part I
Instalust
Attraction lands on page one and the book never pretends otherwise.
K2 entries
Knife play
Blades used for sensation and threat, usually without real injury.
On the shelf guide: Den of Vipers
Knotting
Non-human anatomy that locks partners together.
M3 entries
Marking
Bruises, bites, scratches left as evidence.
Menage
Three partners together, on page.
Monster romance
A non-human partner whose body and instincts stay non-human.
N2 entries
Negotiated kink
Limits, safewords, and aftercare appear on page.
Non-con
Consent is absent in the scene as written.
O2 entries
Overstimulation
Past the point of enough, and kept there.
Ownership / collaring
Belonging made explicit through marks, collars, contracts, or claim.
P4 entries
Polyamory
An ongoing relationship structure with more than two people.
On the shelf guide: Losers: Part I
Power exchange
One partner deliberately hands over control, on page and by agreement.
On the shelf guide: Den of Vipers, Haunting Adeline, Losers: Part I
Praise kink
Verbal approval — good girl, good boy — as the primary charge.
Primal / chase
Hunt-and-catch energy. Running, pinning, teeth.
On the shelf guide: Den of Vipers, Haunting Adeline
S10 entries
Sadism / masochism
Giving or receiving pain deliberately, as pleasure rather than punishment.
Sensory play
Blindfolds, temperature, wax, texture — senses cut or flooded.
Service submission
Devotion expressed through care and attendance rather than pain.
Sharing
One partner deliberately offers the other to someone else.
Shifter
Animal instinct, scenting, ruts, and claiming.
Size difference
Physical scale between partners is part of the appeal.
Slow burn payoff
Long build, delayed contact, and a first payoff that earns the wait.
Somnophilia
Contact while one partner is asleep or waking.
On the shelf guide: Haunting Adeline
Stepcest
Step-family relationships, no blood relation.
Sweet heat
Tender, affectionate intimacy. Explicit or not, the warmth is the point.
T3 entries
Taboo
The relationship itself is forbidden by role, rule, or setting.
Tentacles
Exactly what it says, and usually more than two.
Touch her and die
Possessive protection carried to the point of violence.
V2 entries
Vampire
Blood, hunger, and centuries of practice.
Voyeurism
Arousal from watching, or being aware of being watched.
On the shelf guide: Haunting Adeline
W1 entry
Why choose
She keeps all of them. No love triangle resolution.
On the shelf guide: Den of Vipers, Losers: Part I
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