I would try to tie it to a paragraph style, then make it a run-in paragraph
that doesn't cause a line break. Manually apply it where you want it, press
enter, then apply whatever style you need next.
Fiddly, but should work. Flies in the face of structured documentation, but
your use case
I'm having a brain fart. Seems like this should be doable, but I'm missing
something.
I need a counter/variable that autoincrements, but NOT tied to a specific
paragraph style. This counter might appear in any number of different paragraph
styles and at different positions in the paragraph.