Hi folks, I'm in the mood for a slowburn romance wherein specifically: 

  • ML falls first & chases first and/or ML has been in love all along
  • It takes the FL a long time to actively reciprocate these feelings
  • There's a lot of longing, yearning, pining, etc :)

By slowburn I mean: romance is one of the genres but the leads don't get together until late in the show (75% or later). 

I'm fine with historical or modern, any country. BL is fine but I typically prefer MF or GL

A few dramas I can think of that I've seen and that fit: 

  • The Untamed (definitely fits slowburn and pining)
  • Princess and the Werewolf (tons of time between ML falling and FL falling)
  • Love Like the Galaxy (ML falls long before FL, some pining but ML is pretty stoic)
  • Legally Romance (not as slowburn as I'd like but definitely there's longing from ML)
  • The King's Affection (slow burn and pining)
  • Love Better Than Immortality (a far from perfect drama but fits what I'm looking for)
  • Romance of Tiger and Rose (not super slowburn put the ML's pining was chefs kiss)
  • Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

She and Her Perfect Husband

First Frost

The Best Thing

Story of Kunning Palace (political drama, but chemistry is good )

I saw that you haven't watched/listed:

Thanks for the recommendations, can't wait to dive in!!

I'm also open to more if anyone has more recs :)