important ship tropes:

• fake dating
• SECRET dating
• being locked in a room or trapped in a small space
• huDDLING FOR WARMTH
• BEING ON THE BRINK OF ADMITTING THEIR FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER BUT THEN GETTING INTERRUPTED
• finishing each other’s sentences, KNOWING WHAT THE OTHER IS ABOUT TO SAY
• tou chi NG!!!! FOr eheA DS!!!!!!11!!
• wearing each other’s clothes
• doing that thing where they accidentally get real close and, like, stare meaningfully at each other for a few seconds too long
• channeling the inner romcom and having an epiphany about how much they care about each other and RACING TO CONFESS THEIR LOVE
• fucking. Now or Never Kiss
• HEIGHT DIFFERENCES
• defending each other to scathing tertiary or otherwise minor characters but ONLY WHEN THE OTHER ISN’T AROUND
• reincarnation or time loop or OOOOH TIME TRAVEL SCENARIOS
• dramatically saving each other from certain death or barely surviving something that almost makes the other break down and just smirking wearily and mumbling flippant smartass remarks to HIDE THE DEPTH OF THEIR FEELINGS
• undercover as lovers, the classic
• ALMOST KISSING. like getting so close that they start to close their eyes and hold their breath and then SOMETHING HAPPENS and they jump apart, that is MORE VALUABLE THAN ANY ACTUAL KISSING
• casually sitting on each other’s laps during ensemble cast conversations or scenes
• did i mention F AKE DATinG

• fake/pretend marriage
• arranged marriage
• marriage of convenience
• forced marriage
• secret marriage
• accidental marriage
• shotgun wedding
• gretna green
• must marry to inherit
• mail order bride/groom
• war bride/groom
• marriage law
• woke up married
• …in Vegas
• ALL THE MARRIAGE TROPES, OK
• red string of fate
• the spacetoaster and the cinnamon roll
• royalty au
• royal bodyguard au
• royalty x commoner angstfest with a happy ending au
• soulbonds
• other bonds (psychic, magical, force, physical/sexual)
• bondage
• soulmates, optional name on wrist/marks