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more (specific) annoying traits/things for characters

Will forget about the food in the microwave and let the machine ring for three or more minutes

Constantly stubs their toe

Constantly runs into walls or doors and gets bruises

Refuses to ask for help from the teacher no matter how bad their grade gets

Complains about how other people eat their food

Always ends up with trash in their bed or sofa/couch

Always neglects that one corner of the house/apartment when cleaning until it's too dirty to withstand anymore

Complain about their lack of sleep while having a scrolling addiction

Say they'll quit social media every week, but they won't

Insists they are famous online with very few followers

Uses too much tongue when they kiss, making things uncomfortably slobbery

Can't go ten minutes without making inappropriate jokes or references, even in formal situations

Always thinks they are right at work and will fight their boss if they're told to do something they think is incorrect (but it's right)

Whines about wanting to learn a new language but gives up after the grammar gets hard

Will wake up anyone living with them with loud noises and singing, morning person or not

Calls a hotline on people in crises who are usually put in an even worse situation thanks to said calls

Says they are "doing drugs" to look cool but it's just their medication at the regular dose

Blocks a doorway while having a conversation, preventing passerby from exiting

Refuses to get their car fixed even when it is literally two miles away from collapsing

People who do phone calls on speaker mode in public spaces

Constantly calls young people "kid" and talks to younger people condescendingly

Takes every moment they can to promote their album/movie/book even when totally inappropriate

Cancel plans last minute, usually "just because"

Burn everything they cook just out of carelessness

Asks someone else to do something while they are already occupied with another task

Plays music loud on public transportation without headphone usage

Chews with their mouth open (bonus points if they are aware of it but make no changes)

Reads someone's text message and doesn't respond for days/weeks without good reason

Cannot handle glass and will always drop it

Their caretaker didn’t know about this and tries to get them to shower only to hear

“No- no please. I- I thought you were different.. please please I’ll be good! I’ll be good I promise!”

done and dusted (small town, cowboy romance, slow burn, brother’s best friend, found family, enemies to friends to lovers.)

after an injury ends their rodeo career, muse a returns to the small hometown they ran from years ago—broke, bruised, and desperate to avoid everyone, especially muse b: their older brother’s best friend and the cocky cowboy who once made teasing an art form. now running the local ranch, muse b offers muse a a job out of obligation—or so he says. but the more time they spend together, the more their old rivalry shifts: bickering turns into banter, tension into trust. beneath the sarcasm, muse a, scattered and sharp, starts to feel grounded again. and muse b, steady and sure, finds himself drawn to every messy, brilliant part of them.

swift and saddled (city girl x country boy, black cat x golden retriever, found family, forced proximity)

after a messy divorce and failing out of design school, muse a rebuilt their life brick by brick. no more relying on anyone else—just hard work, late nights, and a business finally taking off. landing a dream project on a massive ranch feels like the start of a new chapter. until muse b walks in. the flirty stranger from the bar. the one-night fantasy muse a swore she’d never see again. now? he’s her boss. muse b, charming and sunshine-soft under all that cowboy grit, is thrilled. muse a? determined to keep things strictly professional. but forced proximity, shared late nights, and a slowly growing bond with muse b’s found family chip away at her walls. as the ranch transforms, so does the space between them—until muse a has to decide if trusting someone again is a risk worth taking.

lost and lassoed (enemies to lovers, forced proximity, small town, cowboy, age gap, slow burn, small town, single parent)

muse a isn’t sure where her life is headed. her friends are settling down, her favorite jacket’s falling apart, and the small-town charm she’s always loved suddenly feels… stuck. so when the chance to help out on a local ranch pops up, she grabs it—hoping a change of pace might bring some clarity. what she doesn’t expect? muse b. the grumpy cowboy, single dad, and her best friend’s older brother—the same one she’s traded barbed words and eye rolls with since forever. with his kid home for the summer and the ranch stretched thin, muse b has no choice but to accept her help. forced into close quarters, their bickering turns into something else—heated glances, stolen moments, a chemistry neither of them can deny. as the summer deepens, so do their feelings—but old habits, age gaps, and stubborn pride threaten to pull them apart before either one is ready to admit what’s really happening between them.

wild and wrangled (small town, second chance, single mum)

I got curious so I decided to make some ugly excel plots furthering it. The numbers have changed since then, but the general patterns did not.