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Do you have/can you make promp for friends who have feelings for each establishing a relationship. Sort of like for those "what are we?" moments.

absolutely! I love this idea! <3

Prompts

Friends to Lovers • Establishing a Relationship

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scenarios

➵ that awkward confession one person finally gets the courage to admit and is pleasantly surprised when the feelings are returned

➵ going on a first non-platonic date

➵ being nervous but not understanding why because they’ve been comfortable with each other for so long

➵ mutual friends being really happy they’re finally sealing the deal because they’ve been encouraging it for so long

➵ saying ‘I love you’ but feeling the shift in meaning

➵ that first kiss that makes them realize it has always been them

➵ hugging each other a little longer than usual

➵ describing their ideal partner & realizing it’s perfectly describing the friend

➵ neither of them dating anyone else & always using the excuse they just haven’t found the right person (but they both know the right person is in front of them)

➵ neither of them feeling the need to date anyone else because they’re getting everything they want from their friend

➵ not liking any of the other’s previous partners and finally admitting the reason is because they were jealous or being accused of being jealous

➵ dreaming about the friend in a romantic way

➵ asking hypothetical questions that aren’t actually hypothetical

➵ having a feeling their friend is holding back something but not knowing what it is

➵ confronting friend about pulling away from them, and the friend admits it’s because they’ve developed romantic feelings

➵ not wanting to risk the friendship but wanting to be together anyway

➵ making a deal to marry each other in ten years if neither of them find anyone else and secretly hoping it happens

➵ knowing they would be happy together

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dialogue

➵ “What are we doing?”

➵ “What are we, really? Just friends or something more?”

➵ “What is this?”

➵ “Not everything needs a label. We’re just… us.”

➵ “Are you mine?”

➵ “I want to be able to call you mine.”

➵ “I like this — whatever this is.”

➵ “How about a date? A real one.”

➵ “We’re friends, just friends… right?”

➵ “Do you want to be… more?”

➵ “You can’t deny that things have been different. We have been different, but… I like different.”

➵ “I love you. You’re my friend.” / “Just your friend?”

➵ “People think we’re in a relationship, you know.”

➵ “I like you, and I don’t know what to do about it.”

➵ “I had a dream about kissing someone, and now I’m confused about how I feel about them. I don’t know what to do about it.” / “Just kiss them. Maybe that’ll clear things up.” (This happened with me & my partner so I had to include it🥰)

➵ “It’s always been you.”

➵ “I was blind. My person has been standing right in front of me the entire time.”

➵ “I want you. I’ve wanted you for a long time.”

➵ “I don’t know how to tell you this.”

➵ “I’m scared to tell you. I don’t want it to ruin our friendship.”

➵ “I can’t lose you, but I can’t ignore the way I feel either.”

➵ “Let’s take the risk.”

➵ “We deserve to be happy. We deserve to be happy together.”

➵ “Promise we’ll always be friends even if it doesn’t work out?”

➵ “You want to know why I’m not dating? Because there’s only one person I want, and I’m not sure if that person feels the same way.”

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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