Sexual tension

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Sexual tension is a plot device employed in movies and books in which two or more of the characters feel sexual longing for one another, but in which those desires are not consummated in any physical action.

The result is that the device creates a goal for which the plot can advance (i.e., toward a resolution).

The device, when used by a skilled writer, evokes tension in the audience because they know something which the characters do not.

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