༉˚*ೃ 𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘.

HELLO, YOUR GIRL IS BACK TO GIVE YOU TIPS ON ROMANCE BC IT'S LIKE MY FAVOURITE THING TO WRITE AND IT MAKES ME ALL SOFT AND WARM HHHHHHHH. soft romances are my life, so i'm so here for this! here are some ways that intimacy can be portrayed without being sexual!

.     &     ━     hugging .

.     &     ━     hand holding .

.     &     ━     watching tv / movies together .

.     &     ━     going on dates .

.     &     ━     sharing drinks .

.     &     ━     talking .

.     &     ━     phone calls .

.     &     ━     skype / facetime calls .

.     &     ━     sharing personal details .

.     &     ━     touching noses .

.     &     ━     deep talks .

.     &     ━     sharing smiles .

.     &     ━     laying your head on their shoulder .

.     &     ━     linking arms .

.     &     ━     massages .

.     &     ━     tickling .

.     &     ━     sharing smiles .

.     &     ━     playing with their hair .

.     &     ━     tracing designs on backs / arms .

.     &     ━     painting on their skin .

.     &     ━     sharing smiles .

.     &     ━     laying your head on their chest to hear their heartbeat .

.     &     ━     kissing bodyparts (etc. foreheads, hair, cheeks, knuckles, palms, scars, injuries, knees, eyelids) .

.     &     ━     singing / playing instruments together .

.     &     ━     handwritten notes .

.     &     ━     dancing .

.     &     ━     sharing food .

.     &     ━     brushing their hair .

.     &     ━     feeding each other .

.     &     ━     drawing / writing on one another .

.     &     ━     cooking together .

.     &     ━     reading together .

.     &     ━     beauty treatments like makeup or face masks or manicures .

.     &     ━     taking care of them when they're sick .

.     &     ━     head scratches .

.     &     ━     sleeping next to each other .

.     &     ━     butterfly kisses .

.     &     ━     nuzzling .

.     &     ━     meditating together .

.     &     ━     sharing stories .

.     &     ━     bathing together .

.     &     ━     seeing each other completely comfortable and relaxed .

.     &     ━     moral support .

.     &     ━         crying or being emotionally vulnerable with each other .

.     &     ━     sleepovers .

.     &     ━     going on trips together .

.     &     ━     sharing clothes or other personal items .

.     &     ━     going with them to appointments .

.     &     ━     making art together .

.     &     ━     kissing .

.     &     ━     talking about the future and what you want in life .

.     &     ━     play games together .

.     &     ━     respecting boundaries and communicating .

.     &     ━     complimenting .

.     &     ━     inside jokes .

.     &     ━     going out to eat .

.     &     ━     just accepting and loving that person completely .

.     &     ━     tucking hair behind their ear .

.     &     ━     washing each other's hair .

.     &     ━     painting each other's nails .

.     &     ━     chatting while moisturising after a shower, brushing teeth, getting ready for bed, etc .

.     &     ━     swinging hands together .

.     &     ━     patching up each other's injuries .

.     &     ━     playful, affectionate banter .

.     &     ━     nicknames / pet names .

.     &     ━     laying atop each other .

.     &     ━     playing with their fingers .

.     &     ━     sleeping cuddled up, with your face in the crook of their neck .

.     &     ━         physical affection .

.     &     ━     philosophical discussions .

.     &     ━     saying "i love you" in so many different ways .

.     &     ━     late-night whispers .

.     &     ━     putting the other first .

.     &     ━     purchasing the other gifts you think they might like .

.     &     ━     getting drunk / high together .

.     &     ━     karaoke .

.     &     ━     hugging them from behind with your arms around their waist and head on their shoulder / back .

.     &     ━     kissing their shoulderblade from behind .

.     &     ━     pressing your cheeks together .

.     &     ━     surprising each other with gifts or meals .

.     &     ━     piggy-back rides .

.     &     ━     going to the pool or beach together .

.     &     ━     being in the background of their facetime or phone calls .

.     &     ━     buying each other's favourite snacks .

.     &     ━     holding hands in the cinema .

.     &     ━     exchanging close grins and knowing glances .

.     &     ━     teasing your friends together .

.     &     ━     resting your foreheads against each other and closing your eyes .

.     &     ━     lazy / tired kisses .

.     &     ━     stroking / carding each other's hair .

.     &     ━     tracing lines down their spine .

.     &     ━     kissing their spine .

.     &     ━     cutting each other's hair .

.     &     ━     playing video games together .

.     &     ━     acting silly in the car together while playing music loudly .

.     &     ━     chatting while shaving together (eg. his face, her legs) .

.     &     ━     picking you up and spinning you around .

.     &     ━     wanting to get / owning a pet together .

.     &     ━     watching while you paint or make art .

.     &     ━     sharing an animal crossing town / island together .

.     &     ━     reading the same books / watching the same movies / listening to the same music .

.     &     ━     being reminded of them everywhere or in certain little things (a smell, an object, etc) .

.     &     ━     recognising each other's needs, traumas, illnesses, etc .

.     &     ━     listening to each other without apologising just for the sake of apologising .

.     &     ━     giving each other flowers .