I tend to have a long con when it comes to romance, in part because I like the build-up as much as the payoff, and in part because I think there are a wealth of relationships out there (friend, sibling, rival, etc.), and straight-up romance interests me less than tension.
V. E. SchwabYou know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.
V. E. Schwab