I know this is probably a common topic. For me, I’m not sure if it’s a “trope” or just totally misinformed writing, but it’s how many authors approach alcoholism. Some examples are Girl on the Train and The House Across the Lake, among HUNDREDS. If anyone else here has struggled with alcoholism, you know it’s not just "i woke up after downing an entire bottle of whiskey but was able to shower, down a cup of coffee, and solve a murder. "
When there are too many arguments and fighting between a male and female character, they play it as having too much sexual tension and that they fight because they are in denial of their feelings.
I don’t mind “enemies to lovers” stories when it’s basically the characters only know each other through reputation or like go to the same college but haven’t really spent time together and assume they hate each other from afar but then when they actually get to know each other, they fall in love. I am not a fan of the stories where they fight and bicker and try to sabotage each other and generally hate each other and it’s spun as sexual tension. Cruelty and malice are terrible bases for a romantic or sexual relationship. I wouldn’t trust someone I hate in a sexual encounter no matter how brief. How can you trust someone that has spent the entire time you’ve known them trying to hurt you with intimacy or vulnerability of any kind?