Nuke: No Sex But Plenty of Sexual Innuendo

AS THE WORLD TURNS' Noah and Luke (aka Nuke) have not kissed in several months fueling speculation that CBS has gotten cold feet with the first gay male love story ever on US soaps. Fans even created "The Kiss Campaign" to send Hershey's Kisses to Barbara Bloom at CBS in Los Angeles. CBS told AfterElton.com that the pan to the mistletoe before Christmas after the characters declared their love and were about to kiss was done for "artistic reasons." What's the real deal? We're not sure but despite the lack of kissing and the (hopefully) inevitable sex, Luke and Noah had the most sexual conversation in years on ATWT Thursday with enough innuendo to make me think the marvelous Marie Masters is writing again. Something has changed since the writers were removed from the ATWT credits: ATWT's Nuke suddenly have more airtime and the characters are being fleshed out again.

Luke: Hey, well, I guess your film editing class gives you a pretty big appetite, huh? What? The banana split I made for you wasn't big enough?
Noah: No, it was great. I just had to miss lunch because I was studying. And that sugar fix was good, but no substitute for four different kinds of meat.
Luke: Well, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were -- sublimating.
Noah: Oh, get out. That psych class is going to your head.
Luke: My professor, Dr. Freudiham, would say that your increased appetite was due to acute oral fixation.
Noah: So, what you're saying, that this is all about sex?
Luke: No, I didn't say that. You said that. It must be on your mind.
Noah: It is. All the time, actually. How about you?

Luke: Okay, well then, what's your fantasy first time? You know, would it be lit by candlelight with rose petals strewn about the duvet?
Noah: I don't even know how to spell duvet. And as far as the rose petals go, you can cut that out of my movie.
Luke: Okay, okay, so I guess the bear skin rug b&b is out of the picture? What about, oh, what about like -- all sweaty and hot in the locker room after, like, a really rough game of handball?
Noah: Have you been watching porn?
Luke: At my grandma's house? No.
Noah: Well, you certainly have an active imagination.
Luke: Well, that's because I'm a writer. I have to. It's my job. Okay, well, if you were to direct, like a "luke and noah" feature. You know, nothing hardcore, just romantic, what would it be?
Noah: It would be nothing like "from here to eternity." You know, us in the surf with the waves crashing over us.
Luke: Oh, yeah. No, no, no. Too much sand. No.
Noah: Exactly. And I don't know, I can think of millions of romantic hollywood classics, but I just don't see you and me in any of them.
Luke: Well, that's because quote, unquote, "lifestyles" weigh against the old production code.
Noah: I want us to be different. You know, I want us to be unique.
Luke: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, why do we have to be a stereotype? Why can't we just be ourselves?
Noah: Exactly, I mean, and do everything our own way.
Luke: Yeah. But what exactly is our own way?
Noah: That is the question. I mean, when we get together, what'll it be like? I mean, what kind of relationship do we want to have?