30 Days Writing Meme -- Question Twenty

20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?

Snark and bickering rank highly — that's why writing anything with Vance and Pietro is so much fun. They have a history that goes way beyond what's in the book, and I love the way their conversations can touch on that without spelling any of it out. You just wouldn't talk that way to someone who didn't share that past history, and it's great being able to show their relationship without having to go into the details. Yeah, they were lovers once, but the familiarity and ease of their bantering goes even further than that. There's trust and respect under all the snark and smartassery. There's a similar relationship in a WIP. Actually there are similar relationships in a lot of my stories — characters who have a history (not necessarily romantic/sexual) that allows them a whole lot of leeway in how they smack a bunch of sense into the main character.

The seduction is also good. Sometimes the actual sex scenes have me gnawing my desk in frustration (and not the good kind), sometimes they just flow, but the build-up to it is always a great deal of fun. UST, the `we-know-they-will-but-omg-what-if-they-don't?!` feeling gets me every time. I always loved the X-Files more before Mulder and Scully actually hooked up. Afterwards it was kind of "Meh..." I love the chase just as much (if not a leeeeeettle bit more) than the capture. Of course, a great deal of the banter and bickering feeds into this too, that level of ease two characters have with each other in the process of building a relationship.