love interest
Noun
Meaning
(film, literature) One who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lover
A romantic relationship; a romance.
(film, literature) A romantic plot or subplot in a film or book.
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According to the description, he has a love interest () and would like to do the right thing by her.
Add to that his ensuing impeachment on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, and Bill seems an unlikely pick in the swoon-worthy love interest category.
After being a minor love interest for Jon Snow and dying at the hands of a young boy, her skills as an archer got lost somewhere along the way.
A decade later, Hutton appeared in as Ted Milner, love interest Mort Rainey's estranged wife.
As a love interest for Spider-Man, the Black Cat would go on to be an important supporting character for the better part of the next decade, and remain a friend and occasional lover into the 2010s.
Assumed to be of moderate wealth, he becomes the love interest of Isabella Thorpe, the younger sister to his friend and Catherine's admirer John Thorpe.