– Tag SLOW BURN

Claude envies Dimitri for how easy he has it, having his gender practically handed to him at birth and never having to fight for being seen as who he is. He doesn't know Dimitri is trans, too, and equally resents Claude for the exact same reasons. They project their bitterness onto the monthly inter-college debate competitions, not realising that underneath their rivalry, a lot of mutual pining and attraction awaits.

Marrying Felix is easy - it means neither have to come out to parents who aren’t willing, and there’s worse people their parents could’ve arranged for each other. Neither go in expecting anything, but when Sylvain catches feelings, “easy” quickly becomes something he’s got no clue how to navigate. (or, Felix and Sylvain are the couple from that one viral Reddit post a while back about the marriage-of-convenience husbands ACTUALLY falling for one another)