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* In ''BeingHuman'', Nina wakes up in one episode to find George watching her. He confesses that he loves watching her sleep. Nina replies that that was sweet, though creepy.
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* In the ''Torchwood'' radio drama ''Dead Line'', Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[TearJerker Tearjerker]] monologue.

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* In the ''Torchwood'' ''TorchWood'' radio drama ''Dead Line'', Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[TearJerker Tearjerker]] monologue.
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* In the [[Torchwood Torchwood]] radio drama ''Dead Line'', Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[Tearjerker Tearjerker]] monologue.

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* In the [[Torchwood Torchwood]] ''Torchwood'' radio drama ''Dead Line'', Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[Tearjerker [[TearJerker Tearjerker]] monologue.
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* In the [[Torchwood Torchwood]] radio drama ''Dead Line'', Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[Tearjerker Tearjerker]] monologue.
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* In episode 15 [[TenshiNiNarumon Raphael]] explains to Mikael that the reason he didn't wake him up was because he got lost in admiration of his cute sleeping face.
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** In a late season two episode the entire kingdom is put under a sleeping spell. Arthur finds Guinevere on the floor, moves her to a bed and watches her for a few moments. Extra points for brushing a curl off her face.
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* ''{{Merlin}}''. Despite the rampants amount of HoYay in the show, it is actually the PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing most of this. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after [[spoiler:her father is arrested and killed]] and literally stays ''all day'' with her, just watching and waiting as she sleeps off her exhaustion.

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* ''{{Merlin}}''. ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. Despite the rampants rampant amount of HoYay in the show, it is actually the PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing most of this. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after [[spoiler:her father is arrested and killed]] and literally stays ''all day'' with her, just watching and waiting as she sleeps off her exhaustion.
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* In ''{{Ice Pirates}}'' when Jason first sees Princess Karina she is sleeping. He leaves her asleep after being rudely interrupted just as he was about to grope her breasts, then comes back for her before the pirates leave her ship.
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*** This one needs a bit more explanation to be appreciated as the CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and character development that it is. When this happens, Buffy has been chased out of her house by her friends and her own sister. To comfort herself, she let herself sleep in the arms of the guy with which she had a self-destructive purely sexual relationship not more than a year prior that ended up in her being almost raped by him. To make it even more poignant, during this time, Willow was having sex with kennedy, Xander was having sex with Anya and Faith was having sex with Robin Wood.

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*** This one needs a bit more explanation to be appreciated as the CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and character development that it is. When this happens, Buffy has been chased out of her house by her friends and her own sister. To comfort herself, she let herself sleep in the arms of the guy with which she had a self-destructive purely sexual relationship not more than a year prior that ended up in her being almost raped by him. To make it even more poignant, during this time, Willow was having sex with kennedy, Kennedy, Xander was having sex with Anya and Faith was having sex with Robin Wood.



* ''{{Merlin}}''. Despite the rampants amount of HoYay in the show, it is actually the PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing most of this. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after [[spoiler:her father is arrested and killed]] and literally stays ''all day'' with her while she sleeps off her exhaustion.

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* ''{{Merlin}}''. Despite the rampants amount of HoYay in the show, it is actually the PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing most of this. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after [[spoiler:her father is arrested and killed]] and literally stays ''all day'' with her while her, just watching and waiting as she sleeps off her exhaustion.
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* ''{{Merlin}}''. Despite the rampants amount of HoYay in the show, it is actually the PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing most of this. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after [[spoiler:her father is arrested and killed]] and literally stays ''all day'' with her while she sleeps off her exhaustion.
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* In ''TheVampireDairies'' Elena does this to Stefan (the vampire). He calls it creepy, while she defends it as being romantic. Almost certainly a TakeThat to ''{{Twilight}}''.

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* In ''TheVampireDairies'' ''TheVampireDiaries'' Elena does this to Stefan (the vampire). He calls it creepy, while she defends it as being romantic. Almost certainly a TakeThat to ''{{Twilight}}''.

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*** This one needs a bit more explanation to be appreciated as the CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and character developpement that it is. When this happens, Buffy has been chased out of her house by her friends and her own sister. To confort herself, she let herself sleep in the arms of the guy with which she had a self-destructive purely sexual relationship not more than a year prior that ended up in her being almost raped by him. To make it even more poignant, during this time, Willow was having sex with kennedy, Xander was having sex with Anya and Faith was having sex with Robin Wood.

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*** This one needs a bit more explanation to be appreciated as the CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and character developpement development that it is. When this happens, Buffy has been chased out of her house by her friends and her own sister. To confort comfort herself, she let herself sleep in the arms of the guy with which she had a self-destructive purely sexual relationship not more than a year prior that ended up in her being almost raped by him. To make it even more poignant, during this time, Willow was having sex with kennedy, Xander was having sex with Anya and Faith was having sex with Robin Wood.




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* In ''TheVampireDairies'' Elena does this to Stefan (the vampire). He calls it creepy, while she defends it as being romantic. Almost certainly a TakeThat to ''{{Twilight}}''.
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* My girlfriend once asked if she crash on my couch after a long day. I obliged, going to the chair on the other side of the room to get some reading done. I glanced up now and then to test the effectiveness of this trope. While she didn't say anything, I could tell she was having trouble getting to sleep knowing that someone was watching her, so I left and went into another room out of sight, only coming back for my book to discover she was out like a light.
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* The TropeNamer, "Beautiful Dreamer."

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* The TropeNamer, "Beautiful Dreamer."Dreamer", written by StephenFoster.
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This is a romantic trope where one half of the couple or [[WillTheyOrWontThey potential couple]] falls asleep and the other one winds up watching them. Sometimes they initially consider waking the sleeping person up, but decide against it upon seeing just how cute and peaceful they look. Very often a soft, tender smile passes over the watcher's face, giving the viewer a hint of their affection towards the slumberer. Hair-stroking may also ensue.

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This is a romantic trope where one half of the couple or [[WillTheyOrWontThey potential couple]] falls asleep and the other one winds up watching them. Sometimes they initially consider waking the sleeping person up, but decide against it upon seeing just how cute and peaceful they look. Very often a soft, tender smile passes over the watcher's face, giving the viewer a hint of their affection towards the slumberer. Hair-stroking Hair and/or skin-stroking may also ensue.
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* My girlfriend once asked if she crash on my couch after a long day. I obliged, going to the chair on the other side of the room to get some reading done. I glanced up now and then to test the effectiveness of this trope. While she didn't say anything, I could tell she was having trouble getting to sleep knowing that someone was watching her, so I left and went into another room out of sight, only coming back for my book to discover she was out like a light.
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* Played with in the Catwoman miniseries ''When In Rome'' (the conclusion to ''TheLongHalloween''). Selina is rendered briefly comatose after being frozen by an ice gun stolen from Mr. Freeze. The Riddler (whom she brought along to help piece together the mystery of her parentage) watched her the whole 3 days she was unconscious, which Selina initially thought was very kind of him, until he adds, "Of course, getting you out of the outfit was hardly unpleasant."
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May lead to a DudeShesLikeInAComa moment. Compare SleepCute. See also LongingLook.

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May lead to a DudeShesLikeInAComa [=~Dude, She's Like, In A Coma!~=] moment. Compare SleepCute. See also LongingLook.
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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Jill (the village girl from the Fairy Arc) does this to Guts when she [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-11.html?ch=Volume+ 14&page=136 finds him sleeping in a wrecked, abandoned house]]. She ends up sitting next to him, watching him sleep until she [[SleepCute falls asleep on his lap]]. Of course, she ''does'' have a [[PrecociousCrush huge crush on him]].

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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Jill (the village girl from the Fairy Arc) does this to Guts when she [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-11.html?ch=Volume+ 14&page=136 html?ch=Volume+14&page=136 finds him sleeping in a wrecked, abandoned house]]. She ends up sitting next to him, watching him sleep until she [[SleepCute falls asleep on his lap]]. Of course, she ''does'' have a [[PrecociousCrush huge crush on him]].
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** A non-romantic example in the same film. Sebastian watches Ariel fall asleep in the palace and softens a little, having previously been very disapproving of her various antics.
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* ''The Break-Up'' has Gary find his now ex-girlfriend Brooke asleep in their condo's living room. He watches her for a moment, smiles, and then makes his exit instead of waking her up.
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*** And Bella [[spoiler:once she becomes a vampire she understand how beautiful sleepers looking at their daughter]]

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* ''{{Twilight}}'' tries to invoke this trope with Edward sneaking into Bella's house at night to watch her sleep, but since he's ''[[StalkerWithACrush actually sneaking into her house at night to watch her sleep]]'', the effect sort of [[{{Squick}} backfires]]. (YourMileageMayVary, as usual.)
** Twilight might fit better with this after Bella and Edward are actually in a relationship, and she allows him to snuggle with her every night and watch her sleep.
*** Yeah, even as somebody who doesn't like ''Twilight'', I have to admit that it works okay once they're together.

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* ''{{Twilight}}'' tries to invoke this trope with Edward sneaking into Bella's house at night to watch her sleep, but since he's ''[[StalkerWithACrush actually sneaking into her house at night to watch her sleep]]'', the effect sort of [[{{Squick}} backfires]]. (YourMileageMayVary, as usual.)\n
** Twilight might fit It fits better with this after Bella and Edward are actually in a relationship, and she allows him to snuggle with her every night and watch her sleep.
*** Yeah, even as somebody who doesn't like ''Twilight'', I have to admit that it works okay once they're together.
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*** Which doesn't make it any less creepy.
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* [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]], in ''[[ExpandedUniverse Vision of the Future]]'', watched Mara Jade sleep while trying to convince himself that he couldn't love her. Three guesses how that turned out!

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* [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]], in ''[[ExpandedUniverse ''[[HandOfThrawn Vision of the Future]]'', watched Mara Jade sleep while trying to convince himself that he couldn't love her. Three guesses how that turned out!

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** Spike watches Buffy when she is asleep in his arms in the episode "Touched".

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** Spike watches Buffy when she is asleep in his arms in the episode "Touched"."Touched".
*** This one needs a bit more explanation to be appreciated as the CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and character developpement that it is. When this happens, Buffy has been chased out of her house by her friends and her own sister. To confort herself, she let herself sleep in the arms of the guy with which she had a self-destructive purely sexual relationship not more than a year prior that ended up in her being almost raped by him. To make it even more poignant, during this time, Willow was having sex with kennedy, Xander was having sex with Anya and Faith was having sex with Robin Wood.
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* Happens in ''{{Bleach}}'', when Orihime visits and watches an unconscious Ichigo before departing to Hueco Mundo.
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* If you romance Aerie in the second ''BaldursGate'' game (and provided you don't screw it up), there'll come a point where she'll admit to having watched you sleep the night before and how it made her feel safe doing so.
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* Ciel Phantomhive from ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. Subverted in that everyone seems to like watching him sleep, so it can be taken in a non-romantic way as well.

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