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I have this story that has been musing around in my brain for a while now, the only thing that is stoping me from writing it is the male protagonist. I already have the female protagonist all laid out, but the male just won’t tell me his real age. And that is a problem.

I have two ages that I am bouncing between.

One is 30. That age would make him 9 years older than the female lead. That would leave me some room to give them a romantic coupling. I think. Is 9 years older too old? That is my main problem.

The other age would be between 45 and 55. He would be an old mentor figure to the girl, with his love being more like that of a father than a potential love interest.

Either way is a tragic ending, but I cant decide if I want to have a love story, or have a mentor/trainee realationship story.

Oh, this is for an action/mystery story. The guy is a special agent, and he chooses her to train as his replacement. The only thing keeping me from writing is this age/relationship problem.

Does that all make sense? Anyone have any thoughts?