This is tough. Because the highest point, and then the point in the repetition after that where interest is lost, will always be reader relative. The story being told is also a big factor...
Try not to overthink it though, don't get too complex, keep it simple.
Every story has to end...
The only way to get that first, highest high back, is a new story, with new characters...
I don't think there's a "mechanic" outside of these that will be effective at chasing that first/best high...
Otherwise, you're going to be doing what Exciting Games, TACOS, and others do, going on and on, doing similar things, different ways, with different scenery...
You've already made it to the top of Everest, you'll never get that "high" again, but the other mountains are/can be very enjoyable, the scenery, the experience, just don't take as long to get there...
The only way to try and recreate that best high, is new tension...but then that can change the nature of the story.
NTS stories do that by leaning into NTR territory... maybe the story told has that, but doesn't go too far...idk...
This all makes sense to me in my head, but I can see how it may not make sense at all to others...
To me, Dimajio is a great example of the best way to keep recreating that first, best high, with a slightly different story, setting, characters, plot, etc, etc...
Many of these "uncompleted" stories we're following; we're waiting to see if what we want to happen, happens...
There are two mistakes, going too fast, and going too slow...
Most still go too fast for me. The good ones have a good, logical, reasonable pace and build up, but they still get to sex a little too fast, skipping a lot of build up possibilities... TACOS and Exciting Games has good build up, but still don't take long to get to that first sex moment.
The ones that go too slow...the mistake most make is that they're not providing satisfactory "release" points during the build up. They either stop, cut the tension or pour cold water all over it. And then they don't have any "cuddling"...lol
Off the top of my head, East Block is a pretty good one at drawing out the tension to reach the highest high (if the reader chooses to) while providing some good tension release points in the build up... Kathryn still hasn't actually had sex with anyone else (in my PT), but man there's been a lot of good stuff so far building up to it... Of course, there's no one (except maybe Alex) who I really want to see Kathryn with in that game, sooooo.... maybe the payoff will never happen...
But, if Bobby did more with developing Alex interactions in that story, that'd be a good "path".
The Three Panels, for me, has been an excellent story...
The build up has been good, and the first time, with the husband's friend, was excellent. I'm curious to see what happens the rest of the story. Like, will the wife let her friend (who she stole Brian from...lol) hook but with Bob (the husband)?? Idk.
That's an example of how to chase the next high, which won't necessarily match the first, but can come close, but it's a change in the nature of the story...
Again, sorry if this isn't making sense, off topic, or whatever.
To me, this is an abstract, relative concept, with no "right" or even "best" way to do it, because it's so story and reader dependent. There's so many things outside of the author's/creator's control that can impact what will and/or won't be "good"...
