tropes

• A meets B x (related right person wrong time, old flame, new old flame)
• can't live with them, can't live without them x (related slap-slap-kiss, will they or won't they?)
• green-eyed epiphany x
• unresolved sexual tension x (related kissing in a tree, deny of feelings)
  • fake dating
  • in vino veritas "in wine, [there is] truth" (loose lips)
• arranged married
  • alternate universe - royal
• hanahaki disease
• there is only one bed x
  • huddle for warmth oftentimes the only way to treat someone is to engage in some rather intimate activity.
• idiots in love/idiots to lovers (related pair the dumb ones, love makes you dumb, bids of a feather flock together, strange minds think alike)
• x+1 X times that... + 1 time that...
• polar opposites
• friends with benefits not exactly friends to lovers since they are already one step into a relationship!
• second male lead (related false soulmate)

narrative genres

• angst with a happy ending
• hurt/comfort
• slow burn