Stargazing — Tag Meaning
Lays the characters on a blanket, rooftop, or truck hood under the night sky and lets the universe's scale shrink their defenses. It's one of fanfic's most reliable confession venues — easier to say dangerous things to the stars than to a face — and authors of sci-fi canons enjoy the irony of spacefarers still finding stars romantic.
What to Expect From "Stargazing" Fics
Constellation talk drifting into real talk; hands finding each other in the dark is practically a tag requirement.
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