enemies-to-lovers

Noun

 * 1)  A trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of an antagonistic relationship into romantic love.
 * °N, °W
 * 1) * 2018, Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This, unnumbered page:
 * I know that she never falls asleep before 2 a.m. and her favourite fanfic trope is enemies-to-lovers and she’s secretly a fan of Ariana Grande.
 * 1) * 2023, Ali Hazelwood, praise blurb in Jessica Clare, What the Hex, page 1:
 * And that’s because Go Hex Yourself is a romantic masterpiece, and the sexiest, most bewitching take on enemies-to-lovers I’ve read in ages.
 * 1) * 2023, Tara, quoted Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford, "The 'Fanfic Lens': Fan Writing's Impact on Media Consumption", Volume 19, Issue 2, March 2023, page 156:
 * When I read a book now, I think I'm much more trope-aware, because before I read fanfiction, I don't even think I fully understood what tropes were. So now I see, like, when a book has enemies-to-lovers, I see it, and I'm like, oh-oh.