I would like to propose an idea for a mod to the respected Skyrim modding community.
Everyone knows that there are many mods that include sex. There are quest mods and dialogue mods where conversations revolve around sex or lead to it. However, if you look closely, I personally cannot recall a single mod where sex is meaningfully connected to sleep.
What I mean is that most sex mechanics do not provide any continuation or follow-up. This might be acceptable for prostitution-related content, but it feels like a missed opportunity when it comes to relationships between lovers, spouses, or long-term partners.
I might say something silly now, so please don’t judge me too harshly right away — but maybe it’s time to bring back the black screen instead of always showing sex scenes?
For example:
A husband says to his wife, “Let’s go to bed.”
They approach the bed, and at some point a menu appears with several options, such as:
Sleep together
Sex + Sleep together
Sex + Sleep together + Morning sex
There could be many variations. After choosing an option, the game proceeds similarly to vanilla sleep: the player selects the sleep duration, and the characters fall asleep. The core idea of this mechanic is to add greater ambivalence and depth to gameplay.
Firstly, dialogue between the player character and NPCs could meaningfully reference sleeping together. This wouldn’t just be empty talk — it would be a concrete, mechanically supported interaction.
Secondly, it could genuinely diversify both family relationships and romantic relationships.
It could also allow for one-night encounters — in taverns, during travel, near campfires, in dungeons… anywhere.
As an additional layer, it would be great if the game tracked the player’s choices:
sex could be recorded in statistics, relationship ratings between the player and NPCs could change accordingly, and other similar systems could be affected.
That’s the idea.
Perhaps someone here might find it interesting and decide to bring it to life.