Stiles Stilinski and Lydia Martin from Teen Wolf
Stiles and Lydia are a true example of how good an emotional payoff can be when waiting for a slow burn romance to finally come to fruition. Stiles and Lydia start out as the classic geek-likes-the-popular-girl trope; Lydia is at first presented as a shallow, popular girl with a mean lacrosse star boyfriend, while Stiles is a quirky geek–and the only person who knows how smart Lydia truly is. Throughout the series, we watched as Stiles and Lydia became best friends, working closely together to solve the supernatural mysteries plaguing Beacon Hills and saving each other’s lives from both human and monster threats. The possibility of a relationship between Lydia and Stiles is what kept me watching Teen Wolf through its boring, overcrowded, slow motion sequence-ridden fourth and fifth seasons. They finally got together at the end of the most recent season, when their love for one another kept the memory of Stiles alive–and ultimately saved his life–while he was trapped in another dimension. – Bri Lockhart
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