opposites attract

• fancy guy x girl who clowns him: lorenz/leonie, hanawa/maruko, mikorin/chiyo
• girl who FEELS A LOT and is FIGURING HERSELF OUT x guy who is comparatively chill, really likes her, and supports her (but also is his own person, it’s just not his story): retsuko/tadano, leslie/ben, elle woods/emmett forrest, carmen/kid cat (it’s my lore ok)
• bad social skills guy x girl who is friends with everyone
  • reserved guy x bubbly girl (aka the neurodivergent dream team): ben/leslie, flick/celeste, piers/milly, hunter/willow
  • guy who sucks and is the worst x best girl: bakugo/ochako, felix/annette, numbuh 4/numbuh 3

F is for friends who fall in love :)

• we argue while holding hands: richie/eddie, koizumi/otani, wirt/beatrice, giulia/alberto
• childhood friends, a package deal, do not separate: yuri/bernadetta, dimitri/felix, hop/gloria, richie/eddie, miriam/mei
• longtime friends who should be better at communicating with each other by now (they are not): haida/retsuko, sonia/leon
• we were more like acquaintances in our large ensemble cast growing up but now that we are older…: kevin/edd, bev/eddie

oooh you wanna kiss me so bad

• one-sided animosity, mutual obsession, all gay: felix/dimitri, rin/haru, edgeworth/wright
• “you’re trouble” x could actually treat her well: lysithea/balthus, mei/junkrat, isabelle/redd, totoko/osomatsu
• dislikes B intensely x confused by A’s vitriol: dorothea/ferdinand, leslie/ben, hubert/byleth, ema/klavier, bede/gloria, lapis/peridot, damian/anya
• classic enemies to lovers: mei/tyler, dipper/pacifica
• has a Big Bad Plan x cute threat to his evil plans: volo/akari, bill/mabel, alastor/charlie, clive/flora, snatcher/hat kid, cedric/sofia
• edelclaude: edelclaude

family matters

• older sister figure x little brother who adores her: mercedes/emile, yor/yuri, frankie/mac, isabela/camilo (proxy)
• guilty older relative x omg hehe yayyy sex!!!<3: bruno/mirabel, tadashi/specifically shota hiro
• (same age-ish) worries about the deeper implications of their dynamic x i don’t wanna think, let’s boogie: lewis/wilbur, karamatsu/osomatsu