Suggestions for Romance

[chimewolf]

I am trying to write a romance sceen for a friend of mine, part of a special story for him and the rest is done except for the romance sceen, I can't seem to get it so come out right. It either turns to sex or so sappy you can put it on pancakes.

It's to be a manly romance, smaller guy worried about bigger guy, near tough guy type of thing. He can't look too worried but he is actually terribly worried over his boyfriend.
The sceen needs to NOT lead to sex, I repeat NOT lead to sex.

Any suggestions for stories to read so I can get a good idea on that.
Writing romance is hard, when you have no first hand experiance.
Most of the romance novels I come across in stores is the sappy kind.

Thanks for any help in advance,
-CW

[CelticMuscle]

Originally Posted by chimewolf

I am trying to write a romance sceen for a friend of mine, part of a special story for him and the rest is done except for the romance sceen, I can't seem to get it so come out right. It either turns to sex or so sappy you can put it on pancakes.

Have you considered the "mutual respect" approach? For instance, in the Musketeer series you read loads of times that one man hugs another man, not because they love each other but because that they mutually respect each other.

[chimewolf]

Originally Posted by CelticMuscle

Have you considered the "mutual respect" approach? For instance, in the Musketeer series you read loads of times that one man hugs another man, not because they love each other but because that they mutually respect each other.

I'll give it a try. Thx