I wasn't thinking at all of Giacomo and Rose, actually, so thanks for the reminder. I will further articulate and say that I feel like I fail at creating an erotic atmosphere (or at least, that I am sub-par at it) in scenes that actually include the sex. That I'm OK at writing the mechanics of the act but that, to me at least, the build up I write tends to come off as stale and failing to set the tone. I will admit that I seem to be OK at it when the sex doesn't actually happen