Couples who only talk about their relationship are exhausting. Give your characters shared goals, shared problems, shared projects. What are they working on together? What external challenge forces them to cooperate? Romantic tension thrives when characters are focused on something other than romance.
Clara exhaled, a sound that seemed to carry the weight of a hundred unsaid grievances. She didn't leave. Instead, she took a sip of the wine, looked him in the eye, and told him something she’d been hiding for a year: she was terrified that if she was truly herself, he’d realize he was in love with a ghost. Couples who only talk about their relationship are
If you are a writer looking to master , stop asking "do they end up together?" and start asking these three questions: What external challenge forces them to cooperate