I think DD will need to weigh in on this, but I don't think you should be selling your character out to force the story arc.  I think you should write him as is natural, and if it is messing up the story arc, then we talk it out OOC before the post.<br/><br/>And it isn't like the story arc is set in stone.  If something isn't working, it isn't working.  So we rework it.<br/><br/>And I will disagree - something can be preplanned OOC and still be spontaneous in the story.  Had things played out as planned, the flirting would have continued through dinner, the men would have gone to play pool and the girls for their slumber party.  Then the next evening, they would have played games and things would have gotten racy and led to sex.  *shrugs*  That's just my opinion.  I mean, if it was just about pulling back, it could have just as easily been, to Vince's question about whether the other men would be ghost-hunting that night, to react by saying "Oh, not me," and then changing the subject.<br/><br/>And I'll say this in reaction to your newest post, which was posted while I was typing this:  we<em>should</em>be having fun.  And even if Bo is feeling like he's the odd one out at this moment, I do not see that lasting.  I know that I am attracted to his personality, and that is extremely likely to show in Mila's reactions to him as they get to know each other.  And I have a feeling that all of us are feeling a little like that right now, you and 5th probably more than the others, but still.  We're new at writing together.  We'll get there.