Lovena's Things

I’m horrid at giving synopses, but here I go:

This story is about two young men who were friends since childhood. The MC has always felt inferior to his male friend (ML), because he has always been very popular, though ML is very reserved and only interact with MC and the third of the friendship group—a girl. This girl is MC’s crush and he thought ML and her had something going on. Therefore, he’s always trying to win her over. However, since this is a freinds-to-lover trope, that’s not true at all, ML is in love with him. The ML loves to tease MC and always gets him to engage in childish little games and whoever wins gets to go out and complete an activity with the girl-friend of the friendship trio. One day the ML played this game and the win would get to ask/do anything he desired. MC wanted to hang out with the girl-friend, but ML simply wanted to kiss him. Anyways, they started kissing, things got all muddled and they ended up dating. Yadi-Yada.

What I remember:

There’s a love rival that looks like a girl who is interested in MC, but they all (the trio and this new addition) became good friends. He was at ML’s 19th birthday, when he became legal to start drinking. At that little in-house dinner party, they all drank, but not MC bc he was still underage at that point.

They went to the beach for their summer vacation and I think the horizontal dance happened between MC and the ML.

The ML has a strained relationship with his dad. After graduation, his dad wanted him to come work for him. ML visited for a week, but did take the job.

MC works for his parents’ business.

They loved together after graduation, and one day they babysat MC’s niece and she told MC’s brother that she saw them sleeping on the same bed.


That’s the extend of what I can remember at the moment that might differentiate my synopsis from any other regular friends-to lovers story.

I’m bored and I feel like I’ve read all the BL here that can be read. I’m in a reading mood.

Here’s all the tropes, clichés, and genres that I LOVE!

1. For one partner to be ugly (I like it when it is the »uke »).
And by extension, i also like a when: One partner is hella hot and popular.
3. Super loving partners and relationship
4. I’m into that possessive shit—Painter of the Night? Yes!
5. I burn for you type of sex. It doesn’t have to be ridiculously detailed, just emotionally intense. So, yeah, a lot of « love »-making. I love the love part of that word a lot.
6. I like the boring domestic shit. Basically, I love contemporary romances.
7. Consent is a « yes! »
8. Actual gay characters
9. Freaky sex, without the bdsm (it doesn’t do it for me)
10. LOVE! ROMANCE! Action!!!
11. Star-crossed lovers type of stories are a chef’s kiss (i.e coyote).
12. Hate to love (enemies to lover). I love this trope to DEATH
13. I love, love, love a good fuck buddy story (of course they have to fall in love).
14. Friends to lovers is another favorite.

Please give me a lot of recommendations, pls

i slid in the dm of the guy i have a crush on.
i did something horrible by putting him on read for a whole day. i was trying to decide if I want to embarrass myself. i've decided YOLO. lol
now, i need advice on how to flirt.
lol, if he respond, can someone become my friend on so I can just run ad ask how to respond? guys, i know nothing about flirting or men.

I need help.

My main and only goal for 2021 is to stop craving romantic love and connection and to focus solely on my career and on having fun and that’s it! But the year started off really bad.

The first day was dandy, then I just started to not be able to stop thinking about this man I’ve had a stupid little school girl crush on for the past year now. I want to STOP! Bc I know it’ll never happen. It’ll never be real. And I am tired of wanting love. It’s never going to happen for me at this point.

It’s not just wanting to be partnered, but I also want all that comes with it: SEX!

I want to spend this year focusing on my growth. But idk how to stop wanting this man.

I have had many crushes, and all of them have been ridiculously intense. However, what’s different with this one is that I feel like this man is “it,” if an “it” exists. This faulty thinking of mine is what I think is making it hard for me to let go.

I have never dated, so please don’t recommend I tell him I like him so I can move on. Further, he doesn’t know I am attracted to him and we’ve never talked. Yeah, I’m not blessed and lucky enough to even like someone I have a good friendship with. It has always been strangers. All the reasons why dying alone and single is a definitive for me.

Shit, writing this is making me ridiculously sad.

HELP ME MOVE ON! I’m tired of this hopeless crushes of mine. If it won’t ever happen, I rather stop wanting it so it won’t mess with my head and my sense of self worth.

Any advice, tips, etc. are ALL welcomed.

Can I get some advice?
I want to hit on someone. I want to slide in their dm, and I do not know how to go about doing it. I’m stuck on what I should say.

Background info:

I used to work at the same place as this man. Never talked. I befriended him on fb and he accepted the request. The year is almost over and I just have nothing to lose and I want to let him know I’m into him. If he is not, I want to know and move on.

Any advice on how I can hit on him?

Please, please help. I really, really need the advice.