A fact about me is that I don't like childhood friends to lovers, specially if it's straight, I think it's boring and, more often than not, annoying.
But then - there's Steven and Connie.
They are the definition of the trope, but they are so well presented.
They were never "just friends", they were kids and, therefore, didn't understand the feelings they had, but they always had them. Steven just presumes he would be "first boy" when Connie becomes president, and Connie just assumes she will be his knight forever in order to protect him.
There's no second guessing, they are friends, but they are romantically inclined since day one, childhood crush growing up with them.
He proposes to her, and they are not even "dating" when he does that, and she just says "yes, but not now". It's a mutual understanding.
And when they kiss in the last episode, it's not a big moment, it's natural, we knew it was bound to happen, and they knew, it's in passing, no need to explain anything, it's there and it has always been there.
They never start dating because they never didn't date, it's a natural progression, they're relationship grows with them.
No friendship is ruined, because it's the base of everything, no miscommunication, because they always knew what it would lead to without even knowing.
Nothing can ever beat that, childhood friends to lovers can go home, shows over, pack your bags.
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