ATTENTION EVERYBODY I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE TROPE AND ITS THE BEST
Fake relationship/marriage AND playing house
Some examples to give you all a idea of how great this is
- Its suburbia. A and B have been chilling in different bedrooms. Their neighbors' house has to be fumigated immediatly and they dont have family nearby. A and B say they can crash with them for a few days. They forgot they're supposed to be a stereotypical married couple. Que: running around trying to move all of A's things into B's room to look like they sleep in the same bed, actually sleeping in the same bed, sharing a bathroom, buying groceries because normal people don't subsist off of instant noodles, etc
- a nice meaning person/couple saying "so are you guys trying for kids?". This blows either one or both of A and B's minds. At first they're like "oh were not ready for kids" and then it pans to panicked "don't think about what it would be like if A put a baby in me"/"don't think about what it would be like to put a baby in B". They obviously fail in that aspect and now one of them/both of them can't stop thinking about sex
- Developing a causal touch language outside the house but it becomes so normal they do it when they're alone (ex: hand on lower back, kissing A's/B's forehead, standing with their arms around each other, goodbye cheek kisses)
- Talking about improvements they can do on the house and whether or not to get a pet
- A and B are great friends and so far their friendship intimacy has passed them off as a non-PDA married couple. Something happens where they're being pressured into mouth-on-mouth kissing but another thing happens that lets them not do that. Two days later they're sitting in the dark watching TV at 2am and A turns to B and goes "maybe we should kiss right now. That way it won't be awkward if we have to do it in public" and B is oblivously like "well we'd have to kiss multiple times for it to stop being awkward". Cue makeout session
- Block parties. A and B are in full married couple mode in getting ready for it and BBQing and hanging out with the neighbors and none of it is acting its just a natural state of being
- A and B have a routine down. They watch TV at night in A's room and sometimes B falls asleep. When B makes it to B's room at night to sleep B will run over in the morning because the floor is cold and crawl into A's bed so they can go on their phones together. At one point B sleeps in A's bed everynight unless B goes to bed early or is mad at A. A realizes they really liked the domesticy that was laying under a fluffy comforter with B and doing their own things while their legs brushed or tangled together.
- A and B are approached by a couple who's looking to swing
- A and B have normal neighbor guests come over to talk about normal things like where to put a grill but A and B have to shove all their weapons/random give away item in a room and lock it
- A going golfing(?) with the neighborhood dudes/ladies and B looking forward to saturday gatherings at Barb and Dan's house
#hinacu#trope#fake marriage#fake relationship#playing house#playing family#i was actaully brought to this conclusion by a post for a super rarepair#its was hawkeye^2 and it was if they just wanted a superhero break for a couple years and next thing they know theyre part of the community#ok time to think of fandoms#mcu#marvel#rwby#ml#miraculous ladybug#star wars#basically any cop or fugitive show#were the millers did a FANTASTIC job with this#disney#i can only think of dead fandoms noooo#my brain is blank