Haven’t been around in ages but HPL got me out of my work dark hole.
Things I like:
1. How respectful and mature the interaction between the leads is despite the crazy fan-girling shennanigans; that they understand each other at a fundamental level, don’t need words for it but openly talk about their issues regardless.
2. Families and what you chose them to be: I love her parents despite their weirdness and that they essentially adopted an extra kid (I’m uncomfortable about his one sided crush because they are so much like siblings in her mind); LOVED how moved Ryan was by her parents’ notes and gifts. I bet he never had someone to do that for him before… It’s like the hand holding thing – that he is so deprived of genuine affection, longs for it though got used to its lack.
3. The meta fan-girling: How Ryan is DM’s number one fan, and she is slowly becoming his.
4. The attitude towards same-gender relationships
5. That although he has been crushing on her for ages it’s HER that makes the first step. Bonus: that blindfolded kiss was something else.
PS: when drunk she likes to hold hands, he likes to cuddle; that could so work.

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