slow burn

Noun

 * 1)  A gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration.
 * 2) * 2008 July 25, Ty Burr, "‘Step Brothers’ is crude, rude—and funny (film review)," Boston Globe (retrieved 8 Apr. 2009) :
 * The comedy comes from the patient slow burn of the parents as they try to ignore the explosive belligerence of the boys.
 * 1)  A romantic story (especially a work of fan fiction) in which the central relationship develops slowly.
 * 2) * 2019, "Robinwritesallthethings", "porn with plot", Lemon, page 62:
 * Slow burns are torture. Why wait? I want my characters getting down and dirty ASAP, and there's nothing wrong with that.
 * 1)  A romantic story (especially a work of fan fiction) in which the central relationship develops slowly.
 * 2) * 2019, "Robinwritesallthethings", "porn with plot", Lemon, page 62:
 * Slow burns are torture. Why wait? I want my characters getting down and dirty ASAP, and there's nothing wrong with that.
 * Slow burns are torture. Why wait? I want my characters getting down and dirty ASAP, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Adjective

 * 1)  Developing slowly over the course of the story.
 * 2) * 2018, Lindsay Mixer, "'And Then They Boned': An Analysis Of Fanfiction And Its Influence On Sexual Development", thesis submitted Humboldt State University, page 48:
 * Since most respondents who prefer slow-burn fics are on the asexual spectrum, this is not surprising, as they are less likely to desire sexual experiences with others in general.
 * 1) * 2020, Shania O'Brien, "The horny POV: Evolution of modern fanfiction", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 5, Semester 5 (2020), page 18:
 * Slow burn fics, for instance, can go as far as having seventy thousand words before the character pairing even interacts.
 * Slow burn fics, for instance, can go as far as having seventy thousand words before the character pairing even interacts.