No, the icon isn't a clue!
15 OTPs. See if you can guess them. I'll update as people guess correctly. Some are more obvious, and some are less so. (Also it was way harder than I anticipated, after the first six or so.)
1. If they could actually communicate, this entire mess would not be so bad, but instead they fence with shadows and nurse their wounds in the dark. Locke/Celes, correctly guessed by both
sister_coyote and
puella_nerdii.
2. "I'm better as a memory than as your man." - Balthier/Ashe, correctly guessed by
venefica_aura3. Immortality is not long enough. Every day it seems brand-new, yet they have known each other almost forever. - Kaim/Sarah, correctly guessed by
first_seventhe4. They really need to stop getting into fights that end with the bedchamber on fire. There are much more interesting ways to accomplish that that don't involve property damage, if only he could stop putting his foot in his mouth. Edge/Rydia, correctly guessed by
first_seventhe5. He thinks, often, that they are much the same: monsters beneath human-looking skin. Kain/Valvalicia, correctly guessed by
first_seventhe6. "Don't you get it? I'm your mirror. And all you do is chase in my footsteps, looking for a reason."
7. He's home, and he has what he wanted now, and everything is fine, except he can't get her out of his mind.
8. The unlikely anchor in the midst of the storm; courtesan and guardian. Joscelin/Phedre, correctly guessed by
puella_nerdii9. How do you turn your back on the one person who is capable of exploring every corner of your soul?
10. Even when the uniforms are gone, duty and honour are the barrier between them like a sword in the bed, and they cannot reach past it. Leo/Celes, correctly guessed by both
sister_coyote and
puella_nerdii11. They've each lost the person most important to them, and all that's left is to pick up the pieces and rebuild. - Akihiko/Mitsuru, correctly guessed by
astrangerenters12. The shadows of the dead ever stand between them, and even when they reach past those ghosts, they are stifled and silent by the weight of the past and their positions.
13. She knows what he is, but she does not think it is a violation of the teachings, when even now he fights on. - Auron/Lulu, correctly guessed by
astrangerenters14. And the hell of it is that they both remember everything, but what will happen when that's no longer true?
15. Even the Queen can be sacrificed, if it will accomplish the goal in the end.