This index is for the endings to romance plots, for better or worse.

A massive amount of series have some sort of romance going on, whether the story focuses on them or not. All this romance has to go somewhere eventually, but over the millennia writers have devised numerous ways to settle things by the end.

Below is a list of the common endings for romance arcs.
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* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Someone intends to confess their love for another character, but decides not to at the last minute.
* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: A couple are parted for so long that one (or both) of them begins a new relationship.
* AmicableExes: The couple break up, but remain on good terms with each other.
* BabiesEverAfter: The story ends with the couple having a child or children.
* BetterAsFriends: Two friends become romantically involved, but ultimately decide they're better suited as friends.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: A couple has a falling out, but reconcile by the end.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: The author tries to resolve all the love triangles by the end of the story so no one's feelings will be hurt, sometimes in a rather rushed or contrived manner.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: One person in a LoveTriangle dies, leaving the other two free to be together.
* DerailingLoveInterests: A character's love interest [[TookALevelInJerkass turns into a jerk]] (often rather suddenly), so they can break up with them, frequently to get with a different love interest.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: The protagonist doesn't end up with their love interest for one reason or another.
* DowntimeDowngrade: A couple with a case of WillTheyOrWontThey finally get together...then in the next installment they've broken up or are on the verge of breaking up. In some cases, the break up will be permanent.
* DumpThemAll: A character with multiple love interests ultimately rejects all of them.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: A character declares their love to someone as they're dying.
* EveryoneMustBePaired: Everybody gets a love interest!
* FalseSoulmate: Someone is led to believe this person is their destined romantic partner, only to realize this isn't the case (often they'll end up with their true soulmate in the process).
* FirstGirlAfterAll: A subversion of LastGirlWins, where it's revealed that the character had actually met this love interest first.
* FirstGirlWins: The first love interest a character meets is the one they end up with.
* GrowOldWithMe: A couple are depicted as staying together into old age.
* HappilyEverAfter: An unambiguously happy ending, which often includes the love interests becoming a couple.
* HappilyMarried: A married couple who are genuinely happy and don't have any major relationship problems.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: A (usually) female character loses her (usually) male love interest, but she remains strong and keeps living her life.
* HookedUpAfterwards: A minor couple are implied to get together in the ending, with the actual relationship occurring post-story.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Two friends who are attracted to each other decide not to become a couple in case it doesn't work out, as they don't want to risk their friendship.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A character lets their love interest leave them because they think they'll be happier apart from them.
* IWillWaitForYou: Can be used as part of an ending; one half of a couple has to leave, but the other promises to wait for their return. Whether they are happily reunited or not varies.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: A character breaks up with their love interest to protect them from their enemies.
* LastConfessionWins: The last person to confess their feelings to their love interest is the one who ends up with them.
* LastGirlWins: The last love interest a character meets is the one they end up with.
* LastMinuteHookup: Two characters get together romantically right at the end of the story.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: A character breaks up with their significant other to go on a journey of self-discovery.
* LetsJustBeFriends: A character breaks up with their significant other by saying they should be friends instead.
* LoveCannotOvercome: A character breaks up with their love interest, even though they love them, because their lifestyle is too much to handle.
* MarryThemAll: A character with multiple love interests decides to marry all of them rather than choose one.
* MaybeEverAfter: It's left ambiguous as to whether these characters will get together or be a long-term couple.
* TheMourningAfter: A character loses their significant other (usually via death) and never moves on with anyone else.
* NoRomanticResolution: A romantic arc is left unresolved by the end of the story.
* NoSparks: A potential romantic couple find they're actually not that attracted to each other after all.
* OffscreenBreakup: A couple break up, though we don't see it happen in the story.
* OldFlameFizzle: A character is reunited with an OldFlame, but finds there's no longer any romantic feelings between them.
* TheOneThatGotAway: A love interest whom the character didn't get to be with and still pines for or thinks of to this day.
* PairTheSpares: Two characters who were rejected by their respective love interests decide to get together.
* PairTheSuitors: Two rivals in a love triangle end up falling for each other.
* RejectedMarriageProposal: Rejecting a proposal can spell the end of a romance.
* RelationshipResetButton: Something happens in-universe that 'resets' a romantic relationship back to square one (such as one or both people having amnesia); this can be both positive or negative for the relationship depending on the context.
* TheRevealPromptsRomance: A character reveals their secret to their love interest, resulting in them beginning a relationship.
* SettleForSibling: The character doesn't get to be with their love interest, so they decide to get with their love interest's sibling instead.
* ShippingBedDeath: A popular romantic pairing becomes canon, only for the actual relationship to come across as underwhelming for various reasons.
* ShipSinking: Something happens in the story that makes it virtually impossible for a romantic pairing to happen (outside of fanfiction).
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: A female character is pregnant with her late love interest's baby.
* SquaringTheLoveTriangle: A {{love triangle}} is resolved by having the rejected suitor get together with the couple's [[LoveFatherLoveSon offspring/descendant]].
* StrangledByTheRedString: Two characters become a couple, but it comes off as contrived because there isn't much development for it in the story.
* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: A character couldn't be with their love interest (often due to a difference in social standing), only for something to change or be revealed that means they can marry them after all.
* TenchiSolution: A FanSpeak term for several different resolutions of a love polyhedron.
* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: A character in a love triangle chooses a [[TakeAThirdOption newly introduced third love interest]].
* TogetherInDeath: The couple are reunited in death (literally or symbolically).
* WeddingsForEveryone: The story ends with multiple couples getting hitched.
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