History IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': Thanks to her closer relationship with Luka, Marinette has several pictures of him on her phone during [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E10Oblivio the "Oblivio" incident]]; [[ForWantOfANail as a result]], she doesn't assume that she and Adrien are dating. Adrien is hurt by this, but accepts it. While he confesses his feelings to her before she releases the [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]], he makes clear that this is purely for his own sake, and that she's not obligated to return his feelings. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Chat Noir ''normally'', and when Alya posts a [[ManipulativeEditing heavily edited]] video of his confession to the Ladyblog, ''his'' refusal to accept no for an answer causes plenty of problems...

* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'': Shinji did not make anything about Asuka seeing Kaworu because it made her happy and that the most important thing to him. Even after Kaworu had revealed his true self, when Asuka asked him if he was not going to try and convince her to not be tempted, Shinji still told her: "Decide what you want." [[spoiler:Subverted when he said he was not afraid to lose Asuka because she was [[HeroesWantRedheads his]]]].

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Sharon is inadvertently sent to the year 1944 by Wanda and is later found by the past Steve and Bucky, introducing herself to them as "Kate". She [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment is initially rather hostile to the past Steve]] [[DeconstructionFic because of the fact that in her time]], [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity he abandoned her]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar after she had stolen his shield for him]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame to stay in the past with her aunt Peggy]]. [[DefrostingIceQueen She eventually warms up to him]] [[TimeTravelRomance and the past Steve develops feelings for her]], even trying to convince her to join him as part of the Howling Commandos. Sharon rejects him, believing that he's "supposed" to be with Peggy. When Sharon is sent back to the present, she comes across the present Steve who [[FixFic explains that he didn't actually stay in the past]] and the two enter an official relationship.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Sharon is inadvertently sent to the year 1944 by Wanda and is later found by the past Steve and Bucky, introducing herself to them as "Kate". She [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment is initially rather hostile to the past Steve]] [[DeconstructionFic because of the fact that in her time]], [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity he abandoned her]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar after she had stolen his shield for him]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame to stay in the past with her aunt Peggy]]. She eventually warms up to him, even giving him some advice on how to better help the common people, [[TimeTravelRomance and the past Steve develops feelings for her]], even trying to convince her to join him as part of the Howling Commandos. Sharon rejects him, believing that he's "supposed" to be with Peggy. When Sharon is sent back to the present, she comes across the present Steve who [[FixFic explains that he didn't actually stay in the past]] and [[StableTimeLoop that part of what inspired Peggy, particularly founding S.H.I.E.L.D., was Steve telling her Sharon's advice to her]].

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* In ''[[Fanfic/PenumbraMiraculousLadybug Penumbra]]'', Chloe still doesn't like Marinette, but is willing to support her relationship with Adrien because she wants Adrien to be happy.

* The ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''/''Literature/TheHobbit'' FusionFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11852303/1/Rise-of-a-Star-Knight Rise of a Star Knight]]'' has an interesting version. [[spoiler:Throughout the story, Jaune has been talking to a spirit version of Pyrrha, eventually said to be (partially) a manifestation of his guilt over her (apparent) death. It's revealed that Pyrrha is actually alive, and that spirit Pyrrha is actually a [[SoulFragment piece of her aura]] that was transferred during their kiss before Pyrrha apparent death (part of his aura also ended up in her, which saved her from that death, and from torture). At the end, it's revealed that, while it is part of her, it's a copy, having a mind of its own, and it sacrifices itself to save Jaune so that he can be happy with the living Pyrrha.]]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11647513/1/A-Different-Point-of-View A Different Point of View]]'' looks at how various parties reacted to Neo and Trinity's relationship after he was unplugged. Ghost in particular, despite his own love for Trinity, muses that he's known for years about her 'destiny' to love the One and reflects that only the One would ever be worthy of Trinity. Ghost goes so far as to reflect that he's actually content to never tell Trinity about his own feelings for her, reasoning that it would destroy their friendship if she knew how he felt but he is able to keep her in his life by the omission.

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* In ''Fanfic/OlivineRomance'': [[spoiler:Erika harbors a lesbian crush for Jasmine. Realizing Jasmine's heterosexual preference and the impossibility of reciprocation, Erika conspires to give Jasmine happiness by setting her up in a relationship with Volkner.]] [[spoiler:Only in a moment of extreme torment does Erika reveal her feelings for Jasmine with a kiss. Jasmine turns her down gently.]]

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Fanfic/CandyForYourThoughts'': [[ExtravertedNerd Cody]] begins a relationship with [[WellExcuseMePrincess Courtney]], but realizes that she still has feelings for [[TroubledButCute Duncan]] and moves aside for them to reconcile. (See under "Western Animation" that this is a habit of his.) Duncan, meanwhile, gets manipulated by [[UnholyMatrimony Alejandro and Heather]] into voting Courtney off before she has the chance to tell him. During Cody's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Duncan, he has a revelation:

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* In both ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11055427/1/Never-the-Twain-Shall-Meet Never the Twain Shall Meet]]'' and its sequel ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11497910/1/Echo-of-a-Lost-World Echo of a Lost World]]'', [[CuteAndPsycho Frenda]] [[KickChick Seivelun]] falls in love with [[spoiler:Saten Ruiko]] and will do anything for the latter's happiness despite [[UnrequitedTragicMaiden knowing that her feelings]] [[RomanticRunnerUp are one-sided]]. Frenda will go from protecting [[spoiler:her]], teaching [[spoiler:her]] fighting techniques, covering all [[spoiler:her]] mistakes, staying by [[spoiler:her]] side even if it means going against the world, forming an underground group specifically to help [[spoiler:her]] against the world and eventually [[spoiler:dying in her arms]].

* ''[[Fanfic/PokemonHarmonyAndChaos Pokémon: Equestrian Champions]]'': [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalHeroism Sonata Dusk]] previously fell in love with Flash Sentry due to him going out of his way to help her and giving her confidence in herself. When they reunite in "The Ocean Champion" though, she realizes that Twilight knows a lot more about Flash than she does, and is better for him than her. She still happily hugs both of them goodbye, and whispers to Twilight that Flash is all hers]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''/''Franchise/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12704351/1/The-Phantom-and-the-Witch The Phantom and the Witch]]", while Sam Mason is starting to develop feelings for Danny when the Spellmans move in next door to the Fentons, Sam accepts Danny and Sabrina coming together because she knows that Sabrina is interested in Danny for the right reasons, rather than just wanting to be with the hero.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11797450/2/Interference-The-Hybrid-Witch Interference - The Hybrid Witch]]'': Lily Potter began cheating on her husband James with Klaus Mikaelson, leading her daughter to wind up being Klaus'. James reveals that he knew the whole time and isn't upset in the least. Why? Because he was hoping Lily would leave him and be taken away from Britain, far away from the war. He'd rather Lily live a good, long life with someone else than stay with him and likely get killed by Voldemort.

* ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'';

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* ''Fanfic/TheLuckyOnes'': Joon-yeong believes that Woo-jin has feelings for his ex-girlfriend and close friend Ji-Min, which makes secretly being in love him much more difficult for him.

* "[[http://www.chosenfics.com/sunlightshadow/annie/shattered.html Shattered]]" opens with Buffy losing her memory of the last two years during Angel's visit to Sunnydale and his confrontation with Riley, so the last thing she remembers is sending Angel to Hell. While Angel initially enjoys the chance to resume his relationship with Buffy (particularly now that his soul is permanent), he soon accepts that it's unfair to leave Buffy feeling confused about her life and helps Giles prepare a spell to restore her memories. [[spoiler:However, although Buffy starts kissing Riley once her memory is restored, when she registers that Angel's just left the room, she swiftly ends the kiss, realising that Angel's always acted in the name of her own happiness rather than his own]].

* Suggested in "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5454443/1/Not-Better-Just-Different Not Better, Just Different]]" when an alternate take on "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft Turn Left]]" sees Rose make contact with Martha and arrange things so that she never leaves the Doctor, even though that means the Doctor will fall in love with Martha. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it turns out that Rose’s goal was to prevent the creation of the [=DoctorDonna=] and spare the Doctor from having to erase Donna’s memory, as she assumed he would choose her over Martha when he had a choice]].
* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7277805/1/The-Eye-Of-Harmony The Eye of Harmony]]", after Amy kisses a newly-regenerated fan-created Twelfth Doctor (fancast as Creator/TomWelling), the Twelfth Doctor claims that this was because he just accidentally activated a system that pumped pheromones into the TARDIS control room. However, when the Tenth Doctor confirms that no such system exists, Amy realizes that the future Doctor lied so that Amy could ‘blame’ him for what she did rather than realise that she herself chose to cheat on Rory.

* ''[[http://ficwad.com/story/137010 Harry Potter and the Four Founders]]'':
-->'''Ginny:''' I love Harry Potter. I love him so much, that all I want is for him to be happy. And if he's happy with [Hermione and Luna], then that's the best I can hope for.

* Invoked in ''Fanfic/BornOfHellsKitchen'', where Peter Parker is the son of Matt Murdock and Jessica Jones; they conceived him during a drunken encounter and Jessica was forced to give him up for adoption at birth due to Kilgrave's influence. Jessica tracked Peter down after she broke free of Kilgrave, but but she never did anything to make contact because she felt that she wouldn't be a good mother for him and recognised that the Parkers were genuinely good people (although she notes to Matt later on that she would have stepped in if she felt they were bad parents).

* ''Fanfic/FashionUpgrade'': Not being in class with Adrien all day and having friends who don’t frequently push her to confess to him, as well as building her acquaintance with Kagami into a genuine friendship, helps Marinette gain some much-needed perspective regarding her crush. When [[spoiler: Adrien eventually starts dating Kagami, Marinette is able to be genuinely happy for them rather than lashing out in jealousy. Kagami even admits that she wouldn’t have handled it nearly as well if Adrien had chosen Marinette.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheHighRoadMiraculousLadybug'' [[PlayingWith plays with this]]: Marinette tells Alya and the rest of the girl squad to [[ShipperOnDeck stop trying to hook her up with Adrien]], as Lila ''also'' likes him, and she's happy to step aside and let her 'dear friend' pursue him. In this case, her ''real'' goal is getting Alya and the others to ''recognize'' Lila's interest in Adrien, and eventually realize [[BitchInSheepsClothing how she's been manipulating them all]].

** In chapter 2 of the second sequel, ''Diplomacy Through Schooling'', this is [[spoiler:how Moondancer feels about Twilight, accepting that she needs time to figure out how she feels about Moondancer being in love with her and agreeing to give them time to reconnect, while also telling Twilight that she'll always love her, but since friendship is now a core concept of who Twilight is, if they're only ever friends, she'll accept that.]]
** [[spoiler:In chapter 11, when Twilight finds out Moondancer's fallen for Trixie instead, she accepts it and encourages her to be with the other mare. Trixie later admits to Moondancer that she was a little jealous of Twilight and Moondancer's closeness, but seeing how Twilight reacted, she's decided that once the two of them have had time to themselves and are certain of their own feelings, she'd be willing to invite Twilight into their relationship if that's what Moondancer wants. In ''The Diplomat's Life'', this is indeed what happens.]]

* ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheHokagesHat'': Subverted in that Sakura just sees Naruto [[JustFriends as a friend]]. Naruto has a crush on Sakura. However, after seeing Naruto bleeding, broken, and dying from fulfilling his promise to bring Sasuke back, she practically BEGS him to find someone else. For all the times she says she "loves" Sasuke, he ends up committing treason and abandons her, while [[HopelessSuitor Naruto]] is always there for her due to his crush; it would be unfair to Naruto for him to do so much for her while all he gets is UnrequitedLove in return.

'''Opal:''' ''[crying]'' He needs to be happy with you. He needs to work alongside you. And he won't admit it because he's happy you deserve this, but he's going to miss working with you in the days to come unless you invite him to be your co-Manager. And the same goes for you, too. Otto and I, we'd still see each other sometimes. We can work things out. ''[pause]'' But if anyone asks, [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm a doctor,]] [[{{Catchphrase}} not a therapist.]]

* A key part of the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12631019/1/A-Little-More-Heart A Little More Heart]]", where the Doctor disables the failsafe in Seven’s Borg implants that would have prevented her from experiencing heightened emotion when as far as he knew she would use that opportunity to pursue a relationship with Chakotay. Looking back on the lengths the Doctor went to in order to help her while certain that she was in love with someone else helps Seven realise that she only fell for Chakotay in a holodeck program she had created because the holo-Chakotay had so many of the qualities she’s come to appreciate in the Doctor.

-->'''Cody:''' If someone like her is willing to break down whatever lone wall of solitude that they've built up in order to give you a chance to be with them, you take it ''AND YOU DON'T LET GO!'' And...you don't let go. (''sigh'') I should have never let her go...

* This is the subject with one [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/536035?tags=commenter%3AAmoriderefarfalla+order%3Acomment fankoma]], in which Yukari encourages Rinnosuke to pursue a romance with Reimu, despite having a crush on him herself. The twist with this being is that, at the end, she is shown [[spoiler:to have [[MayflyDecemberRomance outlived]] [[MayflyDecemberFriendship them]]]] and her heart is shattered.

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40945617/ Spider-Man: Finding Home]]" features Peter Parker dealing with an unexpected example of this when he's confronted by Yelena Belova regarding his intentions towards Kate Bishop. While Peter is reluctant to pursue a new relationship after the events of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Yelena informs him that she might want to be with Kate herself, but she also recognises that Kate wants to be with Peter, affirming that she would be happy to let Kate date Peter and herself if that's what Kate wants.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter''/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse crossover ''Fanfic/TheLightningStrike'', Harry is initially brought into the Avengers by Natasha Romanoff, and even has a relationship with her. However, when Natasha learns that family is important to Harry as he never had one of his own, she discreetly breaks off their relationship as she can't have children herself and doesn't want to deprive Harry of that opportunity.

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* ''Fanfic/TheLuckyOnes'': Joon-yeong believes that Woo-jin has feelings for his ex-girlfriend and close friend Ji-Min, which makes secretly being in love him much more difficult for him

* ''Fanfic/TheLuckyOne'': Joon-yeong believes that Woo-jin has feelings for his ex-girlfriend and close friend Ji-Min, which makes secretly being in love him much more difficult for him