1. Dead parent or parents, typically dead mom. The cause of death is usually cancer or a car accident. The dad after the moms death usually becomes an alcoholic or runs away.
2. Abusive parents/households.
3. Spin the bottle. I'm going to use one of my ships as an example for the 2 very common cliches
It's Clove's turn and it lands on Cato who she has a crush on
Or
Cato lands on Glimmer and they kiss and Clove gets jealous and she runs out and Cato leaves to make sure she's okay and then they kiss
4. Interrupted kisses where someone walks in on them or they get interrupted if they're around other people
5. Overdramatic confession first kiss and proposal scenes
6. Absolutely refusing to admit their feelings no matter how obvious they are as well as continuing to wonder if they like them when they very much express that they do
7. Being upset when the other person doesn't like them back even though they just met or are in a relationship
here's an example with one of my ships
Marvel doesn't like Glimmer back. She just met him, and he has a girlfriend. She's still upset about it.
8. They really only move to/from these states
New Jersey
New York
California
Florida
9. Main character's best friend confessing they have feelings for the MC once they fall in love
here's a ship example
Katniss has fallen in love with Peeta and Gale confesses he has feelings for her so now she has mixed feelings
10. ending up being dormmates if it's a college/boarding school AU
