Forget forbidden romance e/riel or friends to lovers gwynriel.
Azriel and Lucien’s “bully with internalized homophobia” to “out of the closet lover” trope has more to back it up than either straight ship, and if these books were by a different author this would absolutely happen in canon.
hmm well I am definitely a diehard gwynriel but tbh i’ll be ok with anything but elriel
However, I am going to take this opportunity to talk about the two ships who actually should have become canon but sjm was too much of a pussy.
choal and dorian. they are in love. they are obviously in love. they love each other. they are soulmates.
bryce and danika. it was right there. like all she had to do was write the words “they are a couple” and even if she hadn’t changed anything else I wouldn’t have doubted it for a second. that’s how obvious it was that they were in love