An enemies to lovers with the energy of Peter and Catherine in 'the Great'?
eg.
- FMC is nice just to manipulate MMC
- FMC betrays and actively trys to kill MMC, MMC: 'I admire her ruthlessness, it makes me love her even more'
- FMC insulting and/or defeating MMC and it just turns him on
- MMC calling for everyone on her side to be killed except her
- MMC on the verge of winning, but finds FMC crying and so holds back
- Love that is genuinely inconvenient for both their aims - both plan to kill the other at some point but are unable to go through with it
- Both using the other person's love for them to try and manipulate them into getting an advantage
- Sleeping next to each other and both have knives under their pillows
- Tone that is mostly flippant and funny, not overly dramatic or angsty
Posted Sep 13, 2026, 6:25 AM UTC
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