romance
noun
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively).
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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At seventy, say, when I am palsied and she is old and fat, will romance be alive then?
From Robinetta by Allan McAulay