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Yes, it is a cliché. I can list in my mind more than ten instances where work colleagues fall in love. But if you are willing to avoid a cliché, I guess you are without luck. If you have them not ...
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System
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2019-12-08T13:12:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Chaotic
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2019-12-08T13:12:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Yes, it is a cliché. I can list in my mind more than ten instances where work colleagues fall in love. But if you are willing to avoid a cliché, I guess you are without luck. If you have them not being a couple, this is another cliché. If you have them in a platonic relationship, this is another one. As TV Tropes clearly show, there are a lot of variations that would fall into one or other cliché (Warning! Tvtrope link: [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustFriends](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustFriends)): - Official Couple - Just Friends - Like Brother and Sister - Belligerent Sexual Tension - I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship - Mistaken for Romance - Friends with Benefits - Platonic Life-Partners - Strictly Professional Relationship And many more. As a disclaimer, they do differentiate between a trope and a cliché. You are the one to judge if the way you use it is boring or not. So you need to decide what kind of story would you like to tell. If your main goal is to avoid clichés, then you are in a tough position.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-11-05T21:30:18Z (about 5 years ago)
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