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"Platonic" Lesson in Dancing/Flirting/Kissing etc. while pining | "Platonic" sex tutoring while pining | "Stealth" Pining is Amusingly Obvious to Pined-for Character - turns out to be Requited
after much pining & almost dying A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to B & kisses them in public | A and B are together but pine for C to join them | A B and C pine obliviously for each other
A being taken care of during illness/injury by B who is pining for A | A being taken care of during illness/injury by B whom they're pining for | Best friends pining for each other | Best friends pining for each other (everyone assumes they're already together) | Best friends pining for each other but both afraid to take a chance on a romantic relationship
Char A and Char B are pining after a break up (getting back together) | Char B is pining over Char A and overhears Char A say they're in love (it's Character B) | Character A bathes Character B while pining | Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling | Character A is bathed by Character B while pining | Character A doesn't realise they're pining | Character A pines for B seeing them with a new/different look | Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder | Character A pines for Character B because they think they're too old for B | Character A pines for Character B because they think they're too young for B | Character A pines for Character B while borrowing/wearing B's clothes | Character A pines for Character B who is borrowing/wearing A's clothes | Character A pines for close friend who is aware | Character A pines for close friend who is unaware | Character A Pines From Afar | Character A pours heart out to B in anonymous love notes | Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough | Character A Uses a V.R. Program to Act Out a Romantic Fantasy with a Virtual Version of Character B | Character A Uses a V.R. Program to Act Out a Sexual Fantasy with a Virtual Version of Character B | Character B figures out that Character A has been pining for them for years | Character C pines for Characters A & B who are in a relationship/married | Character C Pines For Characters A & B Who Are Together - Leads to Polyamory | Character C Pines For Characters A and B | Character hides pining behind sarcasm/bratty behaviour | Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining | Character pines for their boss | Character pines for their employee | character pines for their subordinate | Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining | Character's hero-worship turns to pining | Character(s) cannot find adequate words to express love | Conversations with double meanings due to pining | Cooking Them Food to Hint Feelings | Cupid actually materialises when Pining Characters are in Close Proximity
A doesn't think they deserve B's love because they betrayed them in the past | Drunken Confession of Feelings
epistolary pining | Everybody lives AU - previously dead characters pursue objects of pining/are pursued | Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection | Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character | Everyone Thinks They're Already In A Relationship - They're Pining | Expressing pining via music
Fake Marriage Becomes Real Between Mutually Pining Characters | Fake Marriage Between Mutually Pining Characters | Former lovers pine for each other
The Guilt of Pining for Someone You Should be Protecting | Guilty About Sexual Attraction
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B | Having sex with people who look like object of affection | A hides their attraction to B to protect B
A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
A keeps an item of B's clothing
Long Distance Pining | Long-term pining is finally resolved | A loves B's creative works so much it leads to pining for B
A makes creative works inspired by their pining for B and B notices | Meeting Again After Many Years Only to Begin Pining | Missed Opportunities | mistaking pining for hatred | Mistaking pining for platonic admiration | Mixed Signals Confuses Characters On Whether Feelings Are Requited | Mutual Pining - One pines respectfully from afar while the Other is desperate to be ravished | Mutual pining in fake relationship | Mutual Pining Is Resolved Only After One Party Gets (Accidentally/Purposefully) Grievously Injured | Mutually Pining Character Both Hit By Truth Serum | Mutually pining fuckbuddies
Never Actually Met; Pining From Photograph/Reputation | Not so secret crush
Object of pining finally confesses love - on the pining character's wedding day to someone else | Older Character Pining For Younger Character | One-on-one mentor-ship complicates feelings | A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
Physical Intimacy While Pining | pined after character gives in and kisses pining character; realizes feelings are returned after all | A pines for B while being carried by them | A pines for B while being comforted by them | A pines for B while being protected by them | A pines for B while carrying them | A pines for B while comforting them | A pines for B who is in love with/dating someone else | Piner Thinks No One Could Ever Love Them | A pines for B who they think is out of their league | A pines while loaning B their coat | Pining A thinks about B while having sex with others | Pining A Would Do Absolutely Anything For B (even things B wouldn't approve of) | Pining after being kissed for a dare | Pining after being kissed under the mistletoe | pining after both members of an established couple | A pining because B is in a relationship with someone else | Pining because character believes age gap is too big | A pining because they think B is in a relationship with someone else | Pining character A confesses feelings while feverish/semi-conscious | Pining Char Finds Countless Excuses to Need to Interact With B | Pining Character A has paid attention and knows B incredibly well | Pining Character A is Character B's Most Important Person but Wants More | Pining character A saves Character B’s life | Pining Character Attempts to be Dignified and Respectful While a Mess Inside | Pining character gets hurt protecting the one they're pining for | Pining character has to have object of pining sit on their lap | Pining character has to sit on their crush's lap | Pining Character Suffers from Touch Starvation | Pining Characters Being Willing To Do Anything For Each Other | Pining Characters Mutually Content Themselves with Friendship | Pining Characters Touch Hands for the First Time | Pining for a Mentor Figure | Pining for a parental figure | pining for a place to call home | A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C | A pining for B sleeps with people who look like B | Pining for best friend but afraid to ruin the friendship | Pining for character while brushing their hair | Pining for commanding officer | Pining for father figure | Pining for found family | Pining for friend or co-worker but not wanting to disrupt their current relationship | Pining for Platonic Companionship | Pining for someone on a different level in the chain of command | Pining for someone on the other side of the war/conflict | pining for someone who will come home to them | Pining for someone you believe to be “out of your league” | Pining for the first time and it’s a revelation | pining for years | Pining has been going on for a long time | Pining in a casual sexual relationship | Pining in an arranged marriage | Pining to the point of worship |Pining Touch-Starved Character A Only Wants B To Touch Them | Pining while fake dating | Pining while Fake Married | Pining while sharing a bath | Pining while sharing a bed | Pining while fighting together | Pining while huddled together for warmth | Pining while sparring | Pining while travelling together | Polyamory - A acts on their pining for B after encouragement from A's spouse C | Polyamory - A acts on their pining for B after encouragement from B's spouse C | Polyamory - A and B act on mutual pining after encouragement from respective spouses C and D | Polyamory - A and B know their spouses C and D are pining for each other and conspire to set up C/D | POV Outsider on pining
Realisation that A is available triggers realisation of feelings | Reincarnation - Past Life Memories of Pined-for Character Keep Surfacing | Reincarnation - Pining in Every Lifetime | Resolved Sexual Tension |
Secret Crush | secretly pining | Sex dreams about object of longing | Sibling(s) Pine For Sibling(s) After Trauma | Slow Dancing while Pining | Soulmate AU - A is pining for soulmate B who doesn't realise they're soulmates | Soulmate-Identifying Marks appear when pining is requited | Soulmates pine for others | sucking it up and asking your crush out on a date
taking what you can get platonically because you're too scared to reveal your feelings | A talks to friend(s) about object of pining B so much that friend(s) intercede to get them together | They Both Think It's Unrequited | A thinks B is out of their league | Trapped in Fake Perfect World that includes relationship with object of pining | Trapped in fantasy where crush loves them back | True Love's Kiss leads to reveal of mutually requited feelings | Truth spell leads to reveal of mutually requited feelings
Undercover as Married While Pining | Unexpectedly being kissed by the person you're pining for | Unknowingly connecting with crush on Tinder because they don't have their face in their photos |
Younger Character Pining For Older Character
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001) The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
01) Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis/Natasha Romanov (Darcy pining)
02) Clint Barton/Phil Coulson/Darcy Lewis (Coulson pining)
03) Jarvis & Darcy Lewis (Darcy pining)
04) Phil Coulson & Darcy Lewis (Darcy pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
002) Captain America (Movies)
01) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Both pining)
02) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Clint pining)
03) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Nat pining)
04) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Both pining)
05) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Bucky pining)
06) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Steve pining)
07) James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Both pining)
08) Riley/Sam Wilson (both pining)
09) Riley/Sam Wilson (Riley pining)
10) Riley/Sam Wilson (Sam pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
003) Marvel Cinematic Universe
01) James "Bucky" Barnes & Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Bucky Pining)
02) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (both pining)
03) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (Bucky Pining)
04) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (Clint Pining)
05) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Bucky Pining)
06) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Clint Pining)
07) James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Bucky pining)
08) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (both pining)
09) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Bucky Pining)
10) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Sam pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
004) Marvel Cinematic Universe
01) Clint Barton & James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Clint Pining)
02) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Barton Pining)
03) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Natasha Pining)
04) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Pining Both)
05) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (both pining)
06) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Nat pining)
07) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Steve Pining)
08) Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (both pining)
09) Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (Steve pining)
10) Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov (both pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
005) Moon Knight (TV 2022)
01) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (both pining)
02) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (Marc pining)
03) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (Steven pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Characters hide mutual pining because they're related and each thinks the other will be horrified
19) Fake Dating - mutual pining
20) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
006) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
01) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Both Pining)
02) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Cassian pining)
03) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Jyn pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
007) The Mandalorian (TV)
01) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (Bo-Katan pining)
02) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (both pining)
03) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (Din pining)
04) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (both pining)
05) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (Cobb pining)
06) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (Din pining)
07) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (both pining)
08) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (Din pining)
09) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (Paz pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
008) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
01) Anakin Skywalker/Ahsoka Tano (Ahsoka pining)
02) Padme Amidala/Rex/Anakin Skywalker (Rex pining) (TCW)
03) Rex/Anakin Skywalker (both pining) (TCW)
04) Rex/Anakin Skywalker (Rex pining) (TCW)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
009) Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
01) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Anakin pining)
02) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (both pining)
03) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Obi-Wan pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
010) Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
01) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (Ben pining)
02) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (both pining)
03) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (Rey pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
Additional Tags:
"Platonic" Lesson in Dancing/Flirting/Kissing etc. while pining | "Platonic" sex tutoring while pining | "Stealth" Pining is Amusingly Obvious to Pined-for Character - turns out to be Requited
after much pining & almost dying A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to B & kisses them in public | A and B are together but pine for C to join them | A B and C pine obliviously for each other
A being taken care of during illness/injury by B who is pining for A | A being taken care of during illness/injury by B whom they're pining for | Best friends pining for each other | Best friends pining for each other (everyone assumes they're already together) | Best friends pining for each other but both afraid to take a chance on a romantic relationship
Char A and Char B are pining after a break up (getting back together) | Char B is pining over Char A and overhears Char A say they're in love (it's Character B) | Character A bathes Character B while pining | Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling | Character A is bathed by Character B while pining | Character A doesn't realise they're pining | Character A pines for B seeing them with a new/different look | Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder | Character A pines for Character B because they think they're too old for B | Character A pines for Character B because they think they're too young for B | Character A pines for Character B while borrowing/wearing B's clothes | Character A pines for Character B who is borrowing/wearing A's clothes | Character A pines for close friend who is aware | Character A pines for close friend who is unaware | Character A Pines From Afar | Character A pours heart out to B in anonymous love notes | Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough | Character A Uses a V.R. Program to Act Out a Romantic Fantasy with a Virtual Version of Character B | Character A Uses a V.R. Program to Act Out a Sexual Fantasy with a Virtual Version of Character B | Character B figures out that Character A has been pining for them for years | Character C pines for Characters A & B who are in a relationship/married | Character C Pines For Characters A & B Who Are Together - Leads to Polyamory | Character C Pines For Characters A and B | Character hides pining behind sarcasm/bratty behaviour | Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining | Character pines for their boss | Character pines for their employee | character pines for their subordinate | Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining | Character's hero-worship turns to pining | Character(s) cannot find adequate words to express love | Conversations with double meanings due to pining | Cooking Them Food to Hint Feelings | Cupid actually materialises when Pining Characters are in Close Proximity
A doesn't think they deserve B's love because they betrayed them in the past | Drunken Confession of Feelings
epistolary pining | Everybody lives AU - previously dead characters pursue objects of pining/are pursued | Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection | Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character | Everyone Thinks They're Already In A Relationship - They're Pining | Expressing pining via music
Fake Marriage Becomes Real Between Mutually Pining Characters | Fake Marriage Between Mutually Pining Characters | Former lovers pine for each other
The Guilt of Pining for Someone You Should be Protecting | Guilty About Sexual Attraction
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B | Having sex with people who look like object of affection | A hides their attraction to B to protect B
A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
A keeps an item of B's clothing
Long Distance Pining | Long-term pining is finally resolved | A loves B's creative works so much it leads to pining for B
A makes creative works inspired by their pining for B and B notices | Meeting Again After Many Years Only to Begin Pining | Missed Opportunities | mistaking pining for hatred | Mistaking pining for platonic admiration | Mixed Signals Confuses Characters On Whether Feelings Are Requited | Mutual Pining - One pines respectfully from afar while the Other is desperate to be ravished | Mutual pining in fake relationship | Mutual Pining Is Resolved Only After One Party Gets (Accidentally/Purposefully) Grievously Injured | Mutually Pining Character Both Hit By Truth Serum | Mutually pining fuckbuddies
Never Actually Met; Pining From Photograph/Reputation | Not so secret crush
Object of pining finally confesses love - on the pining character's wedding day to someone else | Older Character Pining For Younger Character | One-on-one mentor-ship complicates feelings | A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
Physical Intimacy While Pining | pined after character gives in and kisses pining character; realizes feelings are returned after all | A pines for B while being carried by them | A pines for B while being comforted by them | A pines for B while being protected by them | A pines for B while carrying them | A pines for B while comforting them | A pines for B who is in love with/dating someone else | Piner Thinks No One Could Ever Love Them | A pines for B who they think is out of their league | A pines while loaning B their coat | Pining A thinks about B while having sex with others | Pining A Would Do Absolutely Anything For B (even things B wouldn't approve of) | Pining after being kissed for a dare | Pining after being kissed under the mistletoe | pining after both members of an established couple | A pining because B is in a relationship with someone else | Pining because character believes age gap is too big | A pining because they think B is in a relationship with someone else | Pining character A confesses feelings while feverish/semi-conscious | Pining Char Finds Countless Excuses to Need to Interact With B | Pining Character A has paid attention and knows B incredibly well | Pining Character A is Character B's Most Important Person but Wants More | Pining character A saves Character B’s life | Pining Character Attempts to be Dignified and Respectful While a Mess Inside | Pining character gets hurt protecting the one they're pining for | Pining character has to have object of pining sit on their lap | Pining character has to sit on their crush's lap | Pining Character Suffers from Touch Starvation | Pining Characters Being Willing To Do Anything For Each Other | Pining Characters Mutually Content Themselves with Friendship | Pining Characters Touch Hands for the First Time | Pining for a Mentor Figure | Pining for a parental figure | pining for a place to call home | A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C | A pining for B sleeps with people who look like B | Pining for best friend but afraid to ruin the friendship | Pining for character while brushing their hair | Pining for commanding officer | Pining for father figure | Pining for found family | Pining for friend or co-worker but not wanting to disrupt their current relationship | Pining for Platonic Companionship | Pining for someone on a different level in the chain of command | Pining for someone on the other side of the war/conflict | pining for someone who will come home to them | Pining for someone you believe to be “out of your league” | Pining for the first time and it’s a revelation | pining for years | Pining has been going on for a long time | Pining in a casual sexual relationship | Pining in an arranged marriage | Pining to the point of worship |Pining Touch-Starved Character A Only Wants B To Touch Them | Pining while fake dating | Pining while Fake Married | Pining while sharing a bath | Pining while sharing a bed | Pining while fighting together | Pining while huddled together for warmth | Pining while sparring | Pining while travelling together | Polyamory - A acts on their pining for B after encouragement from A's spouse C | Polyamory - A acts on their pining for B after encouragement from B's spouse C | Polyamory - A and B act on mutual pining after encouragement from respective spouses C and D | Polyamory - A and B know their spouses C and D are pining for each other and conspire to set up C/D | POV Outsider on pining
Realisation that A is available triggers realisation of feelings | Reincarnation - Past Life Memories of Pined-for Character Keep Surfacing | Reincarnation - Pining in Every Lifetime | Resolved Sexual Tension |
Secret Crush | secretly pining | Sex dreams about object of longing | Sibling(s) Pine For Sibling(s) After Trauma | Slow Dancing while Pining | Soulmate AU - A is pining for soulmate B who doesn't realise they're soulmates | Soulmate-Identifying Marks appear when pining is requited | Soulmates pine for others | sucking it up and asking your crush out on a date
taking what you can get platonically because you're too scared to reveal your feelings | A talks to friend(s) about object of pining B so much that friend(s) intercede to get them together | They Both Think It's Unrequited | A thinks B is out of their league | Trapped in Fake Perfect World that includes relationship with object of pining | Trapped in fantasy where crush loves them back | True Love's Kiss leads to reveal of mutually requited feelings | Truth spell leads to reveal of mutually requited feelings
Undercover as Married While Pining | Unexpectedly being kissed by the person you're pining for | Unknowingly connecting with crush on Tinder because they don't have their face in their photos |
Younger Character Pining For Older Character
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001) The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
01) Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis/Natasha Romanov (Darcy pining)
02) Clint Barton/Phil Coulson/Darcy Lewis (Coulson pining)
03) Jarvis & Darcy Lewis (Darcy pining)
04) Phil Coulson & Darcy Lewis (Darcy pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
002) Captain America (Movies)
01) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Both pining)
02) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Clint pining)
03) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Nat pining)
04) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Both pining)
05) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Bucky pining)
06) James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers (Steve pining)
07) James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Both pining)
08) Riley/Sam Wilson (both pining)
09) Riley/Sam Wilson (Riley pining)
10) Riley/Sam Wilson (Sam pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
003) Marvel Cinematic Universe
01) James "Bucky" Barnes & Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Bucky Pining)
02) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (both pining)
03) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (Bucky Pining)
04) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton (Clint Pining)
05) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Bucky Pining)
06) James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Clint Pining)
07) James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Bucky pining)
08) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (both pining)
09) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Bucky Pining)
10) James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Sam pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
004) Marvel Cinematic Universe
01) Clint Barton & James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (Clint Pining)
02) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Barton Pining)
03) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Natasha Pining)
04) Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (Pining Both)
05) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (both pining)
06) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Nat pining)
07) Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Steve Pining)
08) Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (both pining)
09) Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (Steve pining)
10) Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov (both pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
005) Moon Knight (TV 2022)
01) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (both pining)
02) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (Marc pining)
03) Steven Grant/Marc Spector (Steven pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Characters hide mutual pining because they're related and each thinks the other will be horrified
19) Fake Dating - mutual pining
20) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
006) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
01) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Both Pining)
02) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Cassian pining)
03) Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso (Jyn pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
007) The Mandalorian (TV)
01) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (Bo-Katan pining)
02) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (both pining)
03) Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian) (Din pining)
04) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (both pining)
05) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (Cobb pining)
06) Din Djarin/Cobb Vanth (Din pining)
07) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (both pining)
08) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (Din pining)
09) Din Djarin/Paz Vizsla (Paz pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
008) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
01) Anakin Skywalker/Ahsoka Tano (Ahsoka pining)
02) Padme Amidala/Rex/Anakin Skywalker (Rex pining) (TCW)
03) Rex/Anakin Skywalker (both pining) (TCW)
04) Rex/Anakin Skywalker (Rex pining) (TCW)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
08) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
09) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
10) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
11) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
12) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
13) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
14) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
15) pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
16) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
17) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
18) pining for someone to come home to
19) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
20) Fake Dating - mutual pining
009) Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
01) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Anakin pining)
02) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (both pining)
03) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Obi-Wan pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
010) Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
01) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (Ben pining)
02) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (both pining)
03) Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SW ST) (Rey pining)
Additional Tags:
01) Caretaking And Kind Gestures For Pining Character Who Isn't Used To Them
02) Character A feels unworthy of love
03) Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
04) Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
05) Mutual Pining
06) Pining for a single parent
07) Cooking as an expression of affection for the object of pining
08) Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
09) Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
10) Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
11) Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
12) Undercover as a Couple While Pining
13) Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
14) A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
15) Other Characters Play Matchmaker
16) pining for someone to come home to
17) Forbidden/Taboo Desires
18) Fake Dating - mutual pining
19) Arranged marriage leads to feelings
20) pining after years of friendship
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