<p>The two go hand in hand. When sex makes you intensely anxious, it turns out that getting tied up and blindfolded just sort of multiplies that anxiety.</p>
<p>Close enough, yes. I let my characters bear the weight of kink and sexual interaction. Textually, there’s a vast divide between what’s on the screen and what’s going on in person. I can get all I need from kink without actually needing to interact with it.</p>