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** ''Film/SpiderMan:FarFromHome'': When Peter has to go to Berlin to tell Nick Fury about Mysterio, he changes into his suit in front of MJ. Embaressed, he tells her to turn around but she can't resist turning back to look at him shirtless. The scene hints that if Peter didn't have to go against Mysterio, he and MJ probably would have had sex.

** ''Film/SpiderMan:FarFromHome'': When Peter has to go to Berlin to tell Nick Fury about Mysterio, he changes into his suit in front of MJ. Embaressed, he tells her to turn around but she can't resist turning back to look at him shirtless. The scene hints that if Peter didn't have to go against Mysterio, he and MJ probably would have had sex.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': In the first movie, Star-Lord meets and is smitten by Gamora, evidenced by how he was willing to give his mask to keep her alive while exposed to the vacuum of space. In ''Film/{{GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2}}'', which is six months later in-universe, Peter keeps mentioning the "unspoken thing" between them, citing ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and Sam & Diane as an example. Gamora, obviously, doesn't have any idea what ''Cheers'' is.

* ''WebVideo|ClassicAlice'': SO MUCH TENSION. Especially through the ENTIRETY of books 1-7 season - the long looks, the accidental touching, the SHOE EPISODE. Every time Alice & Andrew are in a room together it feels like one or the other is desperate to touch the other person. They're clearly in love, but they just can't see it.

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** Picard and Crusher-Never resolved in canon. They get over themselves in one of the novels, though.

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* ''PleasureBonBon'', plenty of it between William/Wilson and Mary, the former of whom is posing as gay to keep a job as a butler for the latter's overprotective father, and the former of whom .....''really wants some tube steak in her''

* Tim Drake ([[ComicBook/RobinSeries Red Robin]]) and Cassandra Cain (formerly ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) from Franchise/TheDCU. WordOfGod from Damian Scott (a penciler of many Batgirl comics) is that the pair "kind of act like they're in love, but just don't know it".

* Comicbook/SpiderMan and Comicbook/MsMarvel when written by Brian Reed (later picked up by other writers, including Kelly Sue [=DeConnick=] in an arc of ''Avenging Spider-Man'').

* Website/TalesFromDevNull in [[https://www.4eye-labs.net/devnulltales/content/mobileapp/ A Torrid Martian Night]] [[spoiler: It's a joke.]]

* Tim Drake ([[ComicBook/RobinSeries Red Robin]]) and Cassandra Cain (formerly [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Batgirl]]) from [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]]. WordOfGod from Damian Scott (a penciler of many Batgirl comics) is that the pair "kind of act like they're in love, but just don't know it". There's [[http://www.comicvine.com/cassandra-cain/29-65230/all-images/108-294465/cassandra_cain__batgirl__picture_32/105-926822/ this image]] on that matter as well.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'': Quite a bit between Comicbook/{{Gambit}} and Comicbook/{{Storm}}, despite the former's romance with Rogue. Tellingly, their friendship soured a bit after the latter's marriage to Black Panther.

** There's also the ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}[=/=]ComicBook/JeanGrey[=/=]ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} love triangle, which never was resolved before her second death. (Unless you count Cyclops and Jean [[OfficialCouple getting married]] as 'resolving it.')

*** And now with [[ComicBook/{{New52}} the DC relaunch of September 2011]] we come back to this. Just read ''Superman'' #1.

*** [[spoiler:Averted since ''Justice League'' #12 in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}]].
** Undone again after ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''. Long story short, Superman and Lois are back together.
* ComicStrip/FlashGordon and [[FemmeFatale Princess Aura]]. It never happens though, and that's for the best. She marries Prince Barin, Flash stays with Dale, and they all manage to remain friends.

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'': Quite a bit between Comicbook/{{Gambit}} and Comicbook/{{Storm}}, despite the former's romance with Rogue. Tellingly, their friendship soured a bit after the latter's marriage to Black Panther.

* Very prevalent in both the film ''Film/{{Once}}'' and its stage adaptation. The two unnamed protagonists, both estranged from their significant others, form a deep connection through writing and recording music together. Initially, their goal is to make money to send the Guy on a plane to America to reunite with his ex. However, Guy and Girl find themselves developing feelings for each other in the few days they've spent together. The Girl even confesses her love to him -- [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier just in Czech, which Guy doesn't understand.]] [[spoiler:Ultimately though, the two go their separate ways, both of them choosing to get back with their exes.

** Superman and Lois had a good 55 year run of this in the comics (although, their Earth 2 counterparts tied the knot decades ago, they got together in the movies, and they had even started dating in the comics current continuity about 6 years prior). Superman was either too Super for an earth woman or too alien or he had to stay dedicated to his mission. ComicBook/PostCrisis, it was more that he wanted Lois to love him as Clark since he considered that to be his TrueSelf.

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'': Quite a bit between Gambit and Storm, despite the former's romance with Rogue. Tellingly, their friendship has soured a bit since the latter's marriage to Black Panther.

* Prior to their marriage in 2006, this was the basis of Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/{{Storm}}'s relationship. The two had been very close friends as children and were obviously in love, but their responsibilities (ruling Wakanda and being a member of the Comicbook/XMen, respectively) made it impossible for them to start a relationship.

* One of the many things TheSearchers is famous for is the completely silent interactions between Ethan and his sister-in-law, which most people interpret as an unspoken form of this trope.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': For the first [[Film/ANewHope two]] [[TheEmpireStrikesBack films,]] Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. In light of, ah, [[LongLostSibling later revelations,]] it is a ''[[{{Squick}} very]]'' [[AbandonShipping good thing that nothing comes of this]].

* Link and Zelda have this in the ValiantComics [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZelda series]] based on the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda original]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink two]] ''Zelda'' games. It's only unresolved because she doesn't want to admit she returns his feelings; if it were up to him, they'd probably be married already. At the end of the ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' series based on ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Zelda tells Link that the link between them was so strong while she was in Ganon's clutches, but now Link is so distant and she is alone. She will never forget the time they were together in their dreams...

** And between Gil and Tarvek, [[HoYay if you ask the right people]].

* This starts to become palpable between the two leads near the end of chapter 14 of ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes''.
* {{Webcomic/Snarlbear}} has Flint and Narcissico, who start out [[BelligerentSexualTension argumentative]], but after facing a motal enemy together and being given a chance to talk about their feelings, they turn into this trope.

* Sasha Hunter and Hashimoto Daichi from ''Literature/GreekNinja''.

-->'''Jaimie Alexander:''' (about Thor and Sif) But there is a reason that we sort of subtly hinted to it in the first film. Just so that there is a door. If we want to go through that door, we can. They like to cover all their bases at {{Marvel}}.