I 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?