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Write the plot line for the 999th season of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette.

Someone has invented a love potion that actually works. Write a short story about the aftermath.

A meet-cute ends in a terrible date, or a disastrous meeting ends in a great one.

You have a crush on a coworker, and that crush is somehow revealed during a company-wide meeting.

After finding someone’s wallet on the street, you meet them to return it, and to check out the cutie in the license photo. Except it’s not them that shows up.

There’s no place like welding club for sparks to really fly.

Your partner takes you on a date to a place you would never expect.

Couples’ therapy — what a nice way to spend your anniversary.

Cupid offers to shoot an arrow into the person you love. He warns you that if the person already has a pre-existing affection towards you, it will disappear when the arrow strikes.

You meet your doppleganger of the opposite sex and find you are strangely attracted to each other.

Write a romantic comedy. Difficulty: both lovers are emotionally mature and have excellent communication skills.

In the future, romantic attraction is literal: each person is fitted with an electromagnetic bracelet which, they claim, will pull you to your soulmate. It's the day they turn the magnets on, and you're waiting.

They might have aged 50 years, but when they held yours, those hands felt exactly like they did the first time.

You've been bumping into the same stranger for months. Finally you decide to say hello.

You never would have guessed that in 48 hours you'd be married.

You have the ability to make anyone fall in love with you. You've just fallen in love for the first time. Do you use your power?

Well, that was a New Year's Eve kiss you won't forget anytime soon.

Valentine's Day at the retirement home.

Two mortal enemies fall in love when they're trapped in an elevator together and begin to see the other person's perspective.

Two characters who are perfect for one another are foiled by bad timing.

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