Straight Ships that are non canon and have zero romantic motives shown on screen but have great chemistry.

My favourite ship of all time is from the movie G.I Jane (1997) starring Demi Moore (O’Niel) and Viggo Mortenson (Commander Master Chief)

What I love about it is there is no show of attraction between the main charaters but their dynamic is hot 🔥Rivals to allies, Instructor/student all the great tropes are here. Actually there is zero hint of a romance and it was definitely not written with any romance in mind. They don’t become canon btw. And it made me realise that a lot of straight relationships are not written like this. And THEY SHOULD. What’s wild I think this the first time I’ve noticed a male romantic character (O’Niels bf) being treated like a female romantic character would be mostly treated in a show/movie lol.

Another fave is Namor and Shuri (Black panther: Wakanda Forever). Straight up enemies to reluctant allies. Zero romantic scenes (okay yes that scene where they talk about their pass maybe), no kissing but the chemistry is *chefs Kiss*.

I would guess Ichiruki would fall in this category but personally I’m not a fan of it but yeah you get why I mentioned it.

I don’t know if Reylo counts here because I like it but they kissed and it pissed me off. I wish they didn’t. I wanted more slow burn, romantic development preferably in fics than in the movie.

You'll notice whats common between them is the non-canon, enemies/rivals with intense fight scenes (except ichiruki) and set in a more futuristic/modern setting. A few of them have an age gap.

Unfortunately G.I Jane doesn’t have as many fics and some are written on personal blogs. While Namor x Shuri has over 1000+  which is great. And obviously Reylo tops all of the others by far.

I’ve noticed that show/movies and a lot of other media including books don’t have what I’ve been looking for in straight ships. And its sad because I don’t understand why nobody writes them like that. I’m humbly asking now if you know of any straight ship (non canon) with the dynamics I describe . It can be from movies, shows, books (please NOT cartoons). Doesn’t matter how small the fandom is. I also recommend you watch the movies I mentioned especially G.I Jane since it’s an old but gold movie. It’s so good!.