Good looks

A dark and brooding persona

They’re rich, attractive, and smart, but their parents expect too much of them

They have a mysterious backstory I just have to unlock

When we hug, our heartbeats inexplicably match up

Stargazing

Ice skating when neither of us knows how to ice skate

They save me from danger, even though they’re the one that caused it

Speeding down the highway with the windows rolled down and the heat on high after engaging in some good old-fashioned teenage shenanigans

We skip out on dinner so we can lie down in the middle of the road and contemplate our mortality

Flowers

Chocolate

A book they think I'd enjoy

A mixtape that includes the song that was playing on the radio the first time we kissed

Their actual life. They must LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE FOR ME, IN A HEROIC SACRIFICE

Blazing eyes

A crooked smile

Byronic despair

When they smell like sandalwood

When they reveal a special skill at a critical juncture

With a big, sweeping romantic gesture

A cheesy pick-up line

We’re lab partners, and we make eyes at each other over the microscope

We verbally spar like an old married couple

They stare unblinkingly at me across the cafeteria

At prom

Outside the movie theater on a moonlit sidewalk

On the porch after they’ve dropped me off

Down on the field after we won The Big Game

In the rain. We both forgot umbrellas

They play mind games

They betray my trust

Has real potential, but doesn't apply themselves

Just kind of a jerk

I have two attractive, adoring people vying for my affections, and he’s the less-hot one