— cozy comfort reads

> setting: high school
> relationship: friends to lovers
> pairing dynamic: popular/private + blunt/sincere
> tropes: one confesses first, feels like summer, unexpectedly shy, first kiss, angst with a happy ending

> setting: uni
> relationship: established couple
> pairing dynamic: infatuated ikemen + down-to-earth/inexperienced
> tropes: secret relationship, first names, ‘wait, are you jealous?’, feels like summer, first time

> setting: high school
> relationship: strangers to friends to lovers
> pairing dynamic: serious/clumsy + warm/elusive
> tropes: confession, mutual pining, studying together & dozing off

> setting: high school
> relationship: best friends to lovers
> pairing dynamic: stoic/aloof + outgoing/friendly
> tropes: one-sided pining, trying to hide feelings, unexpectedly shy, ‘i think i always loved you’, dating other people, friends as accidental cupids

> setting: college dorms
> relationship: exes to neighbours to lovers
> pairing dynamic: iwaoi
> tropes: next door neighbours, handwritten notes, unexpected reunion

> height difference
> confession first, feelings second