“Why did it take you 10 minutes to clean 1 window?” “There was a cat.”
No but. This person is hanging from a harness several stories in the air, on what appears to be a chilly and/or windy day. And they took time to play with a cat.
defending each other to scathing tertiary or otherwise minor characters but ONLY WHEN THE OTHER ISN’T AROUND
reincarnation or time loop or OOOOH TIME TRAVEL SCENARIOS
dramatically saving each other from certain death or barely surviving something that almost makes the other break down and just smirking wearily and mumbling flippant smartass remarks to HIDE THE DEPTH OF THEIR FEELINGS
undercover as lovers, the classic
ALMOST KISSING. like getting so close that they start to close their eyes and hold their breath and then SOMETHING HAPPENS and they jump apart, that is MORE VALUABLE THAN ANY ACTUAL KISSING
casually sitting on each other’s laps during ensemble cast conversations or scenes
did i mention F AKE DATinG
trying to convince people that “(s)he’s just a friend!”
SHARING A BED
DEEP BREATH after an eye sex
secret stares
blushing
“BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU YOU ASSHOLE!”
looking at the other person’s lips
holding hands without noticing and then being so embarased about this
“you two are a wonderful couple” “oh, no, we’re not- we’re just- there’s nothing between us…”
confessing their feelings at the worst moment
“you did this for me?” “of course!”
“i could kiss you right now!” *staring meaningfully at each other and each other’s lips*
“you’re here” “where else would i be?” and they’re still oblivious
Imagine one member of your OTP seeing the other drowning, going back, kissing them to push breath into their lungs, and THEN DROWNING IN THEIR PLACE HOLY HECK