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1Sex tropes focusing on the aftermath of sexual activity, whether basking in the afterglow with your lover, taking a bath, or smoking a cigarette, after a night of getting it on.
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3Has nothing to do with coitus at the post office, or getting lucky on a military base, or teasing on an Internet forum, or tumbling in the hay with the fencing on a nearby farm. Just so we're absolutely clear.
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8* AccidentalAdultery: A character has sex with someone other than their significant other because they were drunk or because they thought the other was dead.
9* BedmateReveal: A guy (or girl) wakes up in bed next to someone else and don't remember if they had sex or not.
10* BreakfastInBed: A character makes breakfast for the other to enjoy in bed after a night of romance.
11* ButWeUsedACondom: Two people have sex and they use a condom, but one of them gets pregnant and/or one or both of them get an STD.
12* ComeBackToBedHoney: Two characters have sex. One leaves but the other wants to keep doing it.
13* CryingAfterSex: Two characters have sex, and afterwards one or both of them start crying.
14* DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo: When somebody says this phrase while someone kisses or has sex with someone else during a disaster.
15* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Two characters went offscreen and they could have had sex but they might not have.
16* DidYouJustHaveSex: Someone who doesn't normally have sex is acting differently and another character finds out it was because they got laid.
17* FindingABraInYourCar: A character finds a bra or other female undergarment in the backseat of someone's car, hinting that the person had sex with someone.
18* IBangedYourMom: A guy is insulted when another character he knows has sex with his mother.
19* ItMeantSomethingToMe: Two characters have sex just as a ruse, only for one of them to start developing feelings for the other.
20* ModestyBedsheet: Characters have bedsheets covering their private parts right after having sex.
21* TheMurderAfter: Two characters have sex and one of them wakes up to find the other murdered.
22* NotStayingForBreakfast: Two characters have sex and one stays the night, but doesn't stay for breakfast.
23* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: An offhanded reference to a character not being a virgin.
24* PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature. Pink can be used as an indicator that characters were going to have sex or it shows they have just had it.
25* PostCoitalCollapse: Characters collapse into bed to imply they were having sex
26* PsychosexualHorror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities.
27* ScarSurvey: A woman asks TheHero about a scar on his body after having sex with them.
28* SexChangesEverything: Two characters who were ship teased finally get together only for their relationship with each other to start changing for the worse.
29* SexDressed: Characters dressed up in a hasty way after sex.
30* SexyShirtSwitch: After sex, a woman comes out wearing nothing but her male partner's large shirt.
31* SleepsInTheNude: After sex, the characters who did it are oftentimes too tired to put their clothes back on.
32* SmokingHotSex: After sex, one or both partners smoke.
33* TalkingInBed: A couple discuss stuff with each other while in bed.
34* ThatDidntHappen (if what "didn't happen" was specifically having sex)
35* VirginVision: Though there are zero visible signs to indicate otherwise, a character is able to immediately tell when another has lost their virginity.
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