Coronation Street couple Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) have tried to keep their hands off each other on numerous occasions in the past, but they keep being drawn back together.

This has been tricky in the past, mainly because Cassie isn’t the most popular person in the Barlow family. Face it, if you want to ingratiate yourself with a family, do not drug the patriarch’s tea.

Cassie and Steve realised they were attracted to each other in the aftermath of Tracy (Kate Ford) dumping Steve in favour of former football legend Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn).

Even though Tommy turned out to be more interested in football than Tracy and she soon ended up back in Weatherfield, she was perfectly clear that this didn’t mean a reconciliation with Steve was on the cards.

‘I think Tracy’s quite happy to be out of the relationship with Steve because she just got so bored of him,’ Kate Ford summarised. ‘I think she’s just happy with Steve being Amy’s dad and keeping him in the friend zone.’

Moving swiftly out of the friend zone and into Steve’s affections was Cassie, then employed as a carer for Ken (William Roache), who’d been unwell.

Cassie liked working for Ken so much that when he threatened to make a full recovery and not need her any more she started adding little something to his beverages to make him a bit sleepy, forgetful and just generally dependent.

This was soon discovered and the family were furious at Cassie for risking Ken’s life and taking advantage of both his good nature and his bank account. She was quickly ousted from the family home.

But it wasn’t long before she and Steve reconnected – much to Tracy’s disgust.