JuliaI was reminded of the TV show "Beauty and the beast" from 2012 onwards and now I regret that I wasn't in #fandom spaces when I watched it.
It's a wonderfully tropey, sensual show, the main couple have amazing chemistry and are both sexy & badass, they have close friends = great for banter and secrecy angst, there's mutual protectiveness and trust, it's wonderful.
I'll have to learn to navigate fanfiction.net for this.
Any other fans out there?
Beauty and the Beast (TV Series 2012–2016) - IMDb
Beauty and the Beast: Created by Sherri Cooper-Landsman, Ron Koslow, Jennifer Levin. With Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Nina Lisandrello, Austin Basis. A beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast.