Are there… stories one can read out there, about a character with low self-esteem who’s been pining for an unreasonable length of time, who finally acts on the pining, indicates sexual/romantic attraction to the person they’ve been pining for, and initiates a happy relationship thereby? Is that a thing anybody’s written?
Asking for, you know. A friend.
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Heck, even the original Les Amis parts of the novel Les Miserables are almost that.
……..Almost.