One of my mysterious kinks...

One of the dynamics that's really easy to sell to me is an underling with a crush on their boss. Why? I have no idea. First example I remember was in middle school, I had no idea what a boss was at the time (maybe it helped).

If you have a ship that fills the criteria, please don't hesitate to rec a canon to me! (if you love the canon, don't hesitate to go for the rec even if they're secondary characters)

By tvtropes term, it can very much overlap with Bodyguard Crush, and it can be found also in Inappropriate Close Comrades and Sleeping with the boss but the last tow are less about a one-direction crush.
It overlaps with loyalty kink but it's not exactly this either. Well, it's because I can't find a well ordered list on the Internet that I'm doing my own :D

Most of these ships have dark content, because it's a power imbalance trope, and also because I'm here for drama rather than people dealing with feelings maturely :D Some of them are far worse than others though! :D

( Me making a list for my own fun )