My protagonist and the will-be-antagonist are currently teenagers - around 16 - and the protagonist is about to hint to the antagonist that she has feelings for him, by way of talking about a story they are both studying at school where the characters fall in love.
Can anyone think of a well-known story, that might be something that teenagers would study (so, probably a classic, or Shakespeare, or possibly a myth) that might serve the purpose, and also isn't something overused like Romeo and Juliet? It would be especially useful if the characters were of a similar age, and with a similar history of being best friends from childhood. It would be completely awesome if the story also had some sort of political angle to it, or dealt with an oppressed society or people, because then it could come up again later on in my novel.
TIA!
Can anyone think of a well-known story, that might be something that teenagers would study (so, probably a classic, or Shakespeare, or possibly a myth) that might serve the purpose, and also isn't something overused like Romeo and Juliet? It would be especially useful if the characters were of a similar age, and with a similar history of being best friends from childhood. It would be completely awesome if the story also had some sort of political angle to it, or dealt with an oppressed society or people, because then it could come up again later on in my novel.
TIA!
