Sigh. Romantic heroes. They’re so bad, they’re good. They’re angry, but nobody else will ever love you the way they do. They’re filthy rich, tragically broken, and onlyYOU can fix them. What itwould be, to live with a romantic hero! Sheer heaven. Sigh.

But what really happens after ‘The End’? When dietary fibre andla vie quotidienneget in the way? What would it really belike to live witha tortured romantic hero? Especially if you’re – well,kind of anordinary person?

(This isanotherin the Why You Should Never Live With… series. Unreliable Narratorhere. Chick-Lit Heroinehere. Cop From A Crime Novelhere. Young Adult Protagonisthere. Literary Fiction Herohere. But now it’s time to get smoochy, folks.)

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It’s late. You’re in your pyjamas, watching an underwritten TV show about ahelpless yet defiant22-year-old woman who’s been hurt before. It’s been a long day…