levitating: ninjago headcanons

Ninjago as romance tropes

Kai: Enemies to lovers: u don't know how it started, but you and kai absolutely hate each other with a passion, teasing and bullying the living shit out of each other. insults and snarky comments thrown back and forth, the inability to even breathe in the same room as him...until an incident glues you to his side as you're forced to set aside your differences and work together, and you realise, he's not as bad as u think...

Jay: coffee shop/sunshine x grumpy: he's the high-energy barista, whipping around the café taking orders and chatting up customers, his grin contagious to those in a 5 mile radius. until you walk in one rainy day. he attempts to drum up some light conversation yet one icy glare from you shuts him up immediately. is he hurt? no, no, quite the opposite. he's intrigued. you visit the cafe more often and he's always working at the front counter, taking great care to prepare your drink, carefully sculpting a beautiful foam heart. you take no notice of it until a free muffin is slipped your way with your usual beverage of choice, accompanied with a smiley-face embroidered napkin. maybe it wouldn't hurt to let your walls down slightly

Cole: childhood friends/unrequited love: u and cole have known each other since diapers, and you're certain he only sees you as his caring best friend. you've struggled to deny your true feelings for him, but when you finally do accept it and decide to confess, he too decides to confess...he's in love with someone else

boy next door: for as long as you could remember, cole had always been living in the house right next to yours, your bedroom windows facing one another. every night you'd slyly catch glances at one another; him jamming out to his favourite songs, you studying hard for your next exam. but some days you can hear it coming from the next house over, the sounds of doors slamming, raised voices and soft sobs. and the next thing you know, cole's knocking on your bedroom window with red-rimmed eyes asking to be let in. how could you possibly say no?

Zane: dystopian. in a world where u mustn't feel love, you can't help but fall for the stoic boy who's a stickler for the rules. maybe u can show him there's more to life than numbness. zane's an asshole at the beginning but slowly warms up over time.

Lloyd: academic rivals. oh how you badly wanted to slap the condescending smirk off his face whenever he scored higher than you. he got his fair share of karma too, seeing the look of utter shock on his face to learn he'd came 2nd place to you was much more rewarding than a rank. but it's now your senior year of highschool and you're both on the road to valedictorian. the teachers assign you both to be partners for an important project worth a large chunk of your grade. your cold insults against each other soon becomes light hearted banter over time, and lloyd can't help but slowly fall for you more. the teacher had held a test and the results were in. you beam widely, showing off your high mark to lloyd, who simply rolls his eyes with a grin on his face. as you head back to your seat, he glances at his own test sheet with the big 100% scrawled across it in red ink. he silently places it in his bag, not mentioning it to you.
he'd much rather see you smile brightly.

Morro: one-sided enemies to lovers/sunshine x grumpy. morro was a pessimist. always seen with a scowl on his face, eyes emotionless, his complete presence distant and aloof. he had his select group of friends, however. and through mutual friends, that led to you, the joyful ray of sunlight everyone absolutely loved. morro was irritated, at how you always found a reason to smile at every little thing, he couldn't stand how u were a child trapped in a young adult's body. tension builds up until one day he finally loses his shit and snaps at you in front of everyone, leaving u silent and glossy eyed. days pass and morro can't help but be irritated about how silent his life had become. he'd become so used to hearing your lively chatter he'd begun to miss it