I wouldn’t say there are any particular tropes that I steer clear of...I truly only seek out rayllum content tho. Most other ships for either of them are a nope for me personally, tho, if that counts.
Answered F in this ask and this ask. One more short one from Love Like You below the cut...
“Rayla...you’re my entire world. You know that, right?” He whispered these things into her hair once she’d quieted some, his hands rubbing comfortingly against her shoulder. “You’re my entire world, and it’s just really hard to watch you hurt so badly.”
“I’m not your entire world,” she mumbled against his chest.
“Rayla…” He hugged her tighter. Was that a piece of the equation? He felt like crawling in a hole for making her cry, but she didn’t doubt him now, did she? His mind raced back through what he’d said. Hadn’t it all been (poorly communicated) devotion to her?
She sounded so wounded with her next words.
“But you are literally mine, Callum.”
The puzzle pieces clicked into place as she immediately buried her face against his scarf. The silence was heavy, but he felt just the tiniest bit relieved when the wave of understanding washed over him. He frowned.
If she didn’t have him...who did she have now? His heart felt pulverized to dust now.
“Rayla, I—”
“Callum, I don’t want to—”
“—love you.”
“Oh.”
(This conversation was the culmination of my TTM fic, and I dunno, I just think it’s hurts in all the right ways. Also I got some lovely comments about it!)