: Re: How do you write boy & girl protagonists without turning them into a love story? I've played with the idea of a multi-book fantasy story for years, where a female and male protagonists' lives

@Mendez196

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For many reasons (including economics, and ages at which young men and young women mature), it is traditional in many societies for grooms to be a few years older than their brides. Your protagonists might be too similar in age to be a good match.

Looking at things from the characters' points of view:
He could be somewhat oblivious (perhaps with mild symptoms of autism or Asperger's syndrome). They might be in a milieu where courtship is taken seriously. He might consciously decide to not seek romantic entanglements until he can afford to get married, so he (more or less politely) brushes off young ladies' indications of interest.

He might not remind her enough of her father.

She might not remind him enough of his mother.

Perhaps he becomes "aware" when he notices a different girl -- and your female protagonist has already gotten involved with a different guy.

The Bibelgesellschaft series of stories in the Grantville Gazette follow a group of teenagers who take their bible studies very seriously. Blaise and Jacqueline Pascal are two of the protagonists.

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