oh I like "hopeless romantic aromantic"; I think I'm somewhere in that ballpark too haha. it's cool to hear about your path to where you are! I really love to see platonic subversion of typically-romantic AUs (especially soulmates, for me personally).

also, I saw that you linked your platonic hanahaki AU, and I do have a rec for one in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! it's here in case anyone's interested