Bromances

People often ask my favorite part of romance, and hands down, writing or reading, it’s a good, solid bromance.  To me, there is nothing sexier than a close kinship between two guys to hit me right in the feels.

 The fact is that I just can’t get enough of the love and affection that comes out of a solid emotional bond between male characters, especially if it makes me laugh and sigh in sheer delight.  

 Maybe this is why I love the Avengers so much, all of them.  I mean you’ve got Stark and the big green guy.  Bucky and Cap.  Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you can’t deny their chemistry.

 One of my all-time favorite bromances was on the TV show Friends.  This was a three-way between Ross, Chandler, and Joey, although I loved Chandler and Joey best.  These two could finish each other’s sentences, share a cardboard box fort (by choice), a girlfriend (not by choice), and let’s not forget that they raised a chick and a duck together.  Better than most marriages… 🙂

 And I’d be hugely remiss to not mention Dean and Sam and Castiel from Supernatural.  But today we’re going to concentrate on Cas and Dean because their genuine love for each other never failed to make my heart roll over in my chest. It began when Castiel saved Dean from hell, literally.  But watching Dean teach Cas how to be more human had me glued to the TV every single week.  (Okay, that was a lie, I inhaled the first nine seasons on Netflix after my spine surgery over a period of two months.)  These guys would do anything for each other, and have.

 Oh!  How could I have almost forgotten Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in The Fast and The Furious franchise?  (It’s been a long day without my friend but I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again…)  Don’t get me started, I’ll need tissues.

 Another of my faves was Adam and Blake from The Voice (Adam is no longer on the show, alas).  I love that show ridiculously and it has absolutely zero to do with the contestants, although I do enjoy the music very much.  It’s all about Adam and Blake and their bickering back and forth over Adam’s silly hair-do of the week and Blake’s red solo cup.  Can’t get enough.

 So trust me when I promise you, there are plenty of bromances in my books, including The Family You Make, which is on digital sale for $2.99 right now, so run don’t walk!

 

Here’s some more of my faves:

Sherlock and Watson (BBC version with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, of course!)

Nick and Schmidt from New Girl

Scott and Stonebridge from Strike Back

The Avengers, all of them

Turk and JD in Scrubs

Spock and Kirk in Star Trek (no, really!)

Sully and Mike from Monsters

Woody and Buzz from Toy Story

Cory and Shawn from Boy Meets World

 Who’s your fave bromance pair?

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