Dazzlingly Bright

... Come the love triangles and this age difference story.

From there, the two heroes hardly interact with each other while remaining inexplicably and tragically attracted to each other.
You no longer understand what binds them apart from the script, giving the impression that they really worry a lot for nothing, that it's just drama without justification behind it.
Conversations are impossible anyway: as soon as we have the impression of finally seeing them communicate a little, they are interrupted to the point that we can no longer speak of coincidences but just of scriptwriting conveniences to prevent them from settling their problems once and for all.

Besides, the interactions with the other characters are often richer and therefore do not help to justify their preference for one another.
They even disrespect them by engaging in these relationships when they don't believe in them, which is quite irritating because we want to be on their side, but they are still at the origin of their suffering and collateral damage.