A '''Lime''' is a {{Fanfic}} in which characters engage in limited sexual activity, without it being portrayed explicitly. Basically, the fanfic equivalent of soft-core porn. The term is less common than it once was, though by no means extinct.

Can be used as either a noun or an adjective: "It's a Lime story" and "It's a Lime" are functionally equivalent. The boundary between Lime and {{Lemon}} is not fixed: a reader unaccustomed to sex scenes may see a fic as a {{Lemon}} when a more experienced reader would consider it a Lime. But the rule of thumb seems to be that Lime can generally be expected to keep scenes of explicit intercourse entirely off-screen.

The term was originally specific to the {{anime}} fanfiction community, although by the early-middle 2000s it had spread to other fandoms alongside the term {{lemon}}. Its origin is obscure: most likely, it was formed by analogy to "Lemon." At one time there was an entire [[http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Citrus_Scale "Citrus Scale"]] with various fruit code names (Citrus --> Orange --> Lime --> Lemon --> Grapefruit).

Compare {{Lemon}}, PornWithoutPlot, {{Ecchi}}. See also SlashFic, Rule34.

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* ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony''
* ''Fanfic/KancolleAlt'': Chapters 49 and 52, which border on Lemon
* ''Fanfic/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemenTempestRewrite''
* ''Fanfic/LoveAtFirstSightHarryPotter''
* ''Fanfic/AManOfTasteAndBreeding'': Somewhere between Lime and Lemon, according to its page.
* ''FanFic/MorticiaCaraMia''
* ''FanFic/MorticiaIsPregnant''
* ''Fanfic/MustLoveNedFlanders''
* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': Tagged as such on the [[FanficRecs/NeonGenesisEvangelionShipping Neon Genesis Evangelion Fanfic Recommendation page]].
* ''Fanfic/OtherHalvesAndOtherTales''
* ''Fanfic/TheReturn''
* ''Fanfic/WellMatched''
* ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'': Most of the story is clean, but chapter 16 has a sexual scene.
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