History HoldingHands / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'': In "[[Recap/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandyLightningFluBlues Lightning Flu Blues]]", Sam holds Elvis' hand to ease his nerves while he's sick in bed.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': After [[RelationshipUpgrade their]] FirstKiss [[IdiotHero Shinji]] [[BattleCouple and]] [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] like holding hands constantly. Unfortunately, since they are forced to [[SecretRelationship hide their relationship]] they can not make it public.
-->''So she restricted herself to merely holding his hand on a couple of the narrower side streets during their walk to school. She told herself it was because he'd asked for it. It totally wasn't because his hand felt warm and made her feel the same, or because the handclasp made her skin tingle at the point of contact. Totally not. It must have been his feet that slowed their walk as they approached the point where more public streets would require them to let go again.''
* ''Fanfic/AsFateWouldHaveIt'' has Nate and Yancy hold hands often, but the most notable case would be at the end of Chapter 5, when Yancy finally agrees to be Nate's girlfriend and they both go out on their first official date as boyfriend and girlfriend.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': In chapter 9, after Asuka [[spoiler:has delivered Teri,]] she and Shinji hold hands.
-->'''Asuka''':''"Pfff, don't cry, baka. Hold my hand..."''\\
''Shinji does as he is told and takes Asuka's left hand in his, squeezing it gently.''\\
'''Asuka''':''"You make me feel a lot better, Shinji."''

* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': Shinji and Asuka held hands several times, including [[spoiler:the night they left human civilization. Shinji grabbed Asuka's hand and they walked onto a boat before sailing out.]]
* ''Fanfic/ACompleteTurnabout'': Unusually PlayedForDrama. Phoenix and Iris do this in chapter 31, as emotional support for Iris, but since Phoenix is from AlternateUniverse (which Iris doesn't know), he's not the one she fell in love with so he feels like he's lying to her.
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'':
** When older Shinji and Asuka came along, they were holding hands. That was one of the first clues that Shinji and Asuka got that their relationship would get better.
--->''They both seemed to draw strength from the constant grip.''
** After getting together, Shinji and Asuka are nearly always holding hands. The gesture reassures them and makes them feeling safer and stronger.
* ''Fanfic/DoesMargeHaveFriends'': One summer, Maude held Marge's hand underneath the table at a summer barbecue. Marge didn't know what prompted the touch since they weren't close and were both married, but she didn't say anything.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Shinji and Asuka linked their hands when [[spoiler:they walked into the sea together]] before returning to the past.
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'':
** One of the most heart-warming moments of the comic happened in chapter 13 when [[IronWoobie Shinji]] [[BattleCouple and]] [[BrokenAce Asuka]] [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1795235/072/ held hands]] right after he [[spoiler:popped the question.]]
** And then [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1770258/101/ this scene]] in chapter 12, when after going through a [[HeroicBSOD very]] [[DespairEventHorizon harsh]] [[SurvivorGuilt time]] [[BrokenAce Asuka]] attempted [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide to commit suicide]]]], but Shinji [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal talked her out of it]], offered her hand... and Asuka took it.
* ''Fanfic/FuturesFreakMeOut'': When Shinji and Asuka become one couple, one of the first and most obvious changes is that they begin holding hands in public, although Asuka is still a little shy about it.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's just say [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Italy]] ''loves'' to hold hands with both Germany and Japan.

* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Spark and Arlo hold hands during their entire visit to the night market while trying to invoke MakeOutKids.
* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7712514/1/Happy-New-Year Happy New Year]]'': Ronnie walks into a meeting discussing the upcoming trial of Matt's assailant and takes Alesha's hand with a grip that gets more painful as time goes on. This is because he knows Alesha is about to get the same shock that he did just a few minutes ago--Matt's ''alive''. He was sent into hiding to recover from his injuries while his loved ones were told he was dead to protect them as well.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': At the end of the first arc, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and Dev-Em, who have become a couple during the course of the story, link hands.
-->She replied, "Yes, Dev. I'll stay for the wedding. And we can be together at least till then."\\
"At least?"\\
"Well--" She smiled back at him. "Maybe a little longer."\\
"That's just what I wanted to hear," he said, and took her hand.
* ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': ComicBook/MaryMarvel and ComicBook/CaptainMarvel, Jr. every so often link hands while flying.
-->They could not communicate verbally, but they could hand-sign to each other. The two of them flew very close, touching hands at times. They wanted intimacy, but they did not dare at the moment. Their comrade-in-arms was lost. Finding him was what mattered now.
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': After Rei reminds them that her plan to destroy SEELE forever is risky and both could die, Shinji and Asuka held hands as they reiterated they were together in this.
* ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'': After months of living as [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King's]] prisoner, [[MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast playing the piano]] for him daily and [[VillainousRescue getting rescued by him]] from the [[AxCrazy Mad]] [[SavageWolves Pack]] among other things, [[MoralityPet Avalina]] asks how he came to look like he does. He explains that [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous his sins killed his heart and started reflecting his appearance]]. The girl senses under the [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich's]] cold shell [[BeingEvilSucks loneliness, despair and the beginnings of guilt]]. For the first time in their time together, she approaches [[WalkingWasteland him]] willingly and takes his hand, telling him that [[SympathyForTheDevil she sees hope in him]]. After the initial shock, the Horned King responds in kind. It's shortly after this that [[spoiler:his heart comes back to life]].

* ''Fanfic/{{Jigsaw}}'': Takatsuki fantasizes about holding hands with Saori on [[SnowMeansLove a snowy winter day]].
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Clark Kent and Lois Lane hold hands after Superman has been saved from Lex Luthor's final death trap.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Subverted in chapter 2 with Asuka and Kaji. She has a crush on him and constantly tries to hold his hand. He sees her like his surrogate daughter and constantly looks for excuses to snatch his hand away.
* ''Fanfic/OlivesLastPartner'': Olive and Oscar do this on instinct when talking about the Boiler Room incident in Chapter 5. Olive is quick to move her hand away when it dawns on her.
* ''Fanfic/{{Recovery}}'': When Weiss first grabs onto Yang's hand in the fifth chapter, she goes beet red and lets go a moment later due to being unused to such affectionate gestures.
* ''Fanfic/TheSagaOfAvatarKorra'': Korra and Asami hold hands on a number of occasions during Book One of the story. It showcases the PseudoRomanticFriendship they have been developing.
* ''The Sanctuary Telepath'': John and Janine do this a ''lot''. One of the signs of their [[BrotherSisterTeam close relationship]] is that they hold hands while teleporting, as opposed to the other forms of touching John's "passengers" usually display (linking arms, John touching their forearms, etc.).
* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': After beginning to open up to each other, [[TheWoobie Shinji]] and [[BrokenBird Asuka]] often sleep together, holding hands as they are sharing a bed. In chapter 13 they link hands after feeding each other.
* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': [[BattleCouple Asuka and Shinji]] often link hands to try to lend strength and reassure each other [[SecretRelationship in private]].
* ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'': After Cullen and Evvy finally have their first kiss, they come downstairs hand in hand - much to their colleagues' delight.
* ''Fanfic/SoTheTrauma'': The first time Kim holds hands with her girlfriend Erica while at school acts as a coming out for both of them. It's mentioned that straight couples can be nonchalant about this sort of thing, but it's a statement for queer couples.

* ''Fanfic/TangledUpInYou'': Marinette manipulates Adrien into this while walking from Alya's house to the Agreste mansion by pretending to have lost one of her mittens, though he goes a step further than she expected and puts both their hands in his coat pocket. Later, Adrien gets her to agree to let him carry one of her bags from the fabric store by saying that, for their own safety, they should hold hands so they don't fall over in the snow.
* ''Fanfic/{{Wake}}'': Shinji softly grabs Asuka's hand to encourage her to go ahead with her plan to set up a small shrine for Kaji; later, Asuka holds his hand when she finally opens up about her parents.
* ''Fanfic/WalkingInCircles'': Once she's got the Mark and is [[spoiler: cured of Tranquility]], Evelyn and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Solas]] almost always do this (among their hugs, kisses, and HeadbuttOfLove) whenever they're within arm's reach with each other, and it's even often specifically described in those scenes that they're [[IntertwinedFingers entwining their fingers]] and not just simply holding hands. It's to compensate for their time in Ostwick, when they couldn't show affection publicly, and the two years afterwards; it also simply brings them great comfort, especially Solas.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'':
** When Yang accidentally asks Jaune on a second date, we cut to an InMediasRes where they're in the middle of their date with all their friends, holding hands. Yang is afraid that she's stealing away the boy her sister was interested in, and spends the entire date thinking that she's a terrible person... but at no point does she let go of Jaune's hand.
** This contrasts with Jaune and Weiss when they're in a FakeRelationship. They hold hands when necessary to keep up the ruse, but immediately stop when they don't have to. They have basically zero ShipTease; despite Weiss admitting that Jaune is physically attractive, she has no interest in him romantically.

* Unusually PlayedForDrama in ''Fanfic/ACompleteTurnabout''. Phoenix and Iris do this in chapter 31, as emotional support for Iris, but since Phoenix is from AlternateUniverse (which Iris doesn't know), he's not the one she fell in love with so he feels like he's lying to her.

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'':
** Shinji and Asuka linked their hands when [[spoiler:they walked into the sea together]] before returning to the past.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' fanfic ''Fanfic/GoldenThreadsTieUs'', Lucina shields Severa from an arrow and passes out. When she wakes up in a bed and sees Severa sitting by her side, Lucina grabs her hand.

* In the ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' story ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7712514/1/Happy-New-Year Happy New Year]]'', Ronnie walks into a meeting discussing the upcoming trial of Matt's assailant and takes Alesha's hand with a grip that gets more painful as time goes on. This is because he knows Alesha is about to get the same shock that he did just a few minutes ago--Matt's ''alive''. He was sent into hiding to recover from his injuries while his loved ones were told he was dead to protect them as well.
* At the end of the first arc of ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and Dev-Em, who have become a couple during the course of the story, link hands.

* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', after months of living as [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King's]] prisoner, [[MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast playing the piano]] for him daily and [[VillainousRescue getting rescued by him]] from the [[AxCrazy Mad]] [[SavageWolves Pack]] among other things, [[MoralityPet Avalina]] asks how he came to look like he does. He explains that [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous his sins killed his heart and started reflecting his appearance]]. The girl senses under the [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich's]] cold shell [[BeingEvilSucks loneliness, despair and the beginnings of guilt]]. For the first time in their time together, she approaches [[WalkingWasteland him]] willingly and takes his hand, telling him that [[SympathyForTheDevil she sees hope in him]]. After the initial shock, the Horned King responds in kind. It's shortly after this that [[spoiler:his heart comes back to life]].
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Lexi (a book with a humanoid paper form) and Chloe start doing this frequently when alone.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Jigsaw}}'', Takatsuki fantasizes about holding hands with Saori on [[SnowMeansLove a snowy winter day]].
* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', Clark Kent and Lois Lane hold hands after Superman has been saved from Lex Luthor's final death trap.

* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': After beginning to open up to each other, [[TheWoobie Shinji]] and [[BrokenBird Asuka]] often sleep together, holding hands as they are sharing a bed.
** In chapter 13 they link hands after feeding each other.

* In ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'', after Cullen and Evvy finally have their first kiss, they come downstairs hand in hand - much to their colleagues' delight.

* In ''Fanfic/SurprisingButterflies'', Mion and Rena hold hands a lot. Others see it as simply PseudoRomanticFriendship stuff but it's romantic. Despite being physically affectionate with Rena, Mion is TwiceShy towards Keiichi.
* In ''Fanfic/TangledUpInYou'', Marinette manipulates Adrien into this while walking from Alya's house to the Agreste mansion by pretending to have lost one of her mittens, though he goes a step further than she expected and puts both their hands in his coat pocket. Later, Adrien gets her to agree to let him carry one of her bags from the fabric store by saying that, for their own safety, they should hold hands so they don't fall over in the snow.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', ComicBook/MaryMarvel and ComicBook/CaptainMarvel, Jr. every so often link hands while flying.
-->They could not communicate verbally, but they could hand-sign to each other. The two of them flew very close, touching hands at times. They wanted intimacy, but they did not dare at the moment. Their comrade-in-arms was lost. Finding him was what mattered now.
* ''Fanfic/{{Wake}}'': Shinji softly grabs Asuka's hand to encourage her to go ahead with her plan to set up a small shrine for Kaji; later, Asuka holds his hand when she finally opens up about her parents.

* ''Fanfic/TheSagaOfAvatarKorra'': Korra and Asami hold hands on a number of occasions during Book One of the story. It showcases the RomanticTwoGirlFriendship they have been developing.

* In ''Fanfic/SurprisingButterflies'', Mion and Rena hold hands a lot. Others see it as simply RomanticTwoGirlFriendship stuff but it's romantic. Despite being physically affectionate with Rena, Mion is TwiceShy towards Keiichi.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': After [[RelationshipUpgrade their]] FirstKiss [[IdiotHero Shinji]] [[BattleCouple and]] [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]] like holding hands constantly. Unfortunately, since they are forced to [[SecretRelationship hide their relationship]] they can not make it publicly.

* In ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', ComicBook/MaryMarvel and ComicBook/CaptainMarvel, Jr. every so often link hands while flying.
-->They could not communicate verbally, but they could hand-sign to each other. The two of them flew very close, touching hands at times. They wanted intimacy, but they did not dare at the moment. Their comrade-in-arms was lost. Finding him was what mattered now.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's just say [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Italy]] ''loves'' to hold hands with both Germany and Japan.

* ''Fanfic/DoesMargeHaveFriends'': One summer, Maude held Marge's hand underneath the table at a summer barbecue. Marge didn't know what prompted the touch since they weren't close and [[YourCheatingHeart were both married]], but she didn't say anything.