When Jamie Fortin moved to Washington, D.C., five years ago, she fell in love with the Virginia neighborhood of Alexandria and vowed to open a small business there. Last month, Fortin's promise to ...

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Childhood friends to lovers is one of anime’s most beloved tropes, and for good reason. There's something irresistibly sweet about watching two characters who’ve grown up together slowly realise that ...

Friends become lovers. Enemies become lovers. Former lovers get a second chance together. Arranged marriages generate real feelings. A human falls in love with a high lord of the fae. These are just a ...