I think they will just imply it happened in the 5 years between steps 3 and 4, if at all. Just like you said, could also be that
The game already works a lot with imagination (and that's perfectly fine), so maybe they just leave it to the player's minds whether anything more happened.
Playing this Adult DLC, it just felt cautious to me, both because they could have just explicitly stated this is how sex works with Cove, instead of leaving it so open ended to make the player interpret the rest through imagination. Given Cove's words, I believe he's open to considering more, but the reason he didn't is what's left up to debate.
It's a little strange to make a full DLC to focus on sexual content, but not even explore the most rudimentary version of it.
Cove has a penis, so regardless of player's genitals, penetration will always be an option. We were given the option of hand-jobs and/or oral sex, even nothing at all, so why couldn't we be given the option to push it further to Cove and/or a penis having MC to initiate penetration? Plus, Cove's own words was that he wasn't "ready to go all the way, right now.", implying he would be, later; so regardless of player's comfort, it's implied if nothing further happens, it's most likely of the player's decision, as Cove has proven to not be asexual, especially with you, but willing to respect abstinence/anti-penetration.
It's strange to give us all of that in the DLC, with an option to stop or go at any time, but then go "Okay, yeah, imagine the rest, y'all!"; makes it a little silly to start "fading to black/imagining" at a more mature, and implied experienced (if we're to take this DLC as canon) age. This leads me to believe there was either a time limit/budget, that took focus away, and/or a lack of interest to pursue such details at this point; either given the age and immaturity of the characters, or the developers' comfort zone (I don't mean inexperience when I say this, I mean ability to stuff more into the DLC), and not so much this being Cove and Player's limit/accessibility.
Either way, we can only hope it would continue for the final stage, if not, look to an Easter egg/gift of it in the far future. You know, like when developers revisit their old work (we just have to wait for Our Life 1 to age a bit).
Well there is another game of theirs that does contain sexual content, I think I saw on patreon that the images had sexual intercourse encounter if I remember right when I went through their things. The game isnt out yet so far as I have seen.
Yeah, I think I saw that leaked somewhere (was it here?). Wasn't it a homosexual scene? (I might have my wires crossed???) I'm not really following them, but, so far, it looks like the focus is on Our Life 2, and I'm feeling/hoping they let loose with the adult content in that one, even if they separate it like for Cove, I'm hoping they're more comfortable in doing a fuller adult/XXX exploration, if not only because they hadn't with Cove. (I do know erotica can alienate a lot of players, and with their wholesome genre, I get that making XXX a focus can push away a lot of interest, not only just from the young player base.)
Anyways, you all, I'm not even disappointed, I loved every bit of the DLC, it was cute, and fun, and sexy. I'm just a sexual degenerate that
always want more lewd! I'm gonna pray for more sexual interest with Cove for the last stage, even if it's unlikely, and gonna clap my hands for even more sexy times with the LIs in Our Life 2!
I'm a lot of things, and one of them is an
optimist.