History Main / GayGuySeeksPopularJock

* In ''Literature/{{Kiss}} by Creator/JacquelineWilson, Sylvie has an IncompatibleOrientation crush on childhood friend Carl, who is secretly gay and has a crush on Paul, a popular lad on the football team.

* While not a couple, Moose and Kevin like to hook-up a lot in ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''. Moose is a closeted bisexual/gay jock who is on the football team and has a girlfriend, while Kevin is an openly gay boy.

* In an episode of Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''Series/{{Undressed}}'', a former high school geek is hit on and makes out with the (closeted) former high school jock that tormented him. His FagHag teases him about it being the ultimate fantasy of bedding a jock, which he admits.

See also SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and StarCrossedLovers. Frequently employs {{Gayngst}} and the ArmoredClosetGay trope. See also SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy and AllGuysWantCheerleaders for the heterosexual versions of this trope.

* While Simon from ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda'' isn't specifically seeking a jock, he doesn't mind staring at them. Then in the end [[spoiler: it turns out the Blue is a jock, as Bram is on the soccer team]].

See also SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and StarCrossedLovers. Frequently employs {{Gayngst}} and the ArmoredClosetGay trope. See also SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy and AllGuysWantCheerleaders for the heterosexual version of this trope.

* WebAnimation/InAHeartbeat has Sherwin and his intense crush on Jonathan. It's downplayed since Jonathan isn't a jock, though he is the [[BigManOnCampus most popular boy in school]].

#RuleOfDrama: The geeky gay and jock not only come from different "classes" (so to speak) but also face different hurdles in a ComingOutStory: The geeky gay always is less conventionally masculine, so he doesn't have much to lose by being honest and open. The jock character, by contrast is a StraightGay, and by coming out may lose a lot more, especially dropping down the privilege ladder which can lead to tons of conflict and obstacles for the pair getting together.

* ''Caught Running'', a gay romance novel, has this -- only this time, it's ten years after high school; the gay guy is a biology teacher, and the popular jock is the baseball coach. Given that it's a romance novel, it ends happily.

LGBT media and LGBT characters featured in media have grown in prominence the past few decades. As the visibility grew, a common romance trope was employed over and over again enough that so that it became cliché: A gay teenager (who is the AudienceSurrogate) ranging from CampGay to {{Adorkable}} to ShrinkingViolet falls in love with/actively pursues/crushes on/is paired up with a popular, muscular and (usually) closeted jock.

LGBT media and LGBT characters featured in media have grown in prominence the past few decades. As the visibility grew, a common romance trope was employed over and over again enough that so that it almost becomes cliche: A gay teenager (who is the AudienceSurrogate) ranging from CampGay to {{Adorkable}} to ShrinkingViolet falls in love with/actively pursues/crushes on/is paired up with a popular, muscular and (usually) closeted jock.

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* Podcast/TheBrightSessions: One of Dr Bright's patients, [[LovableJock Caleb]], [[TheEmpath an empath]], befriends lonely classmate Adam on her recommendation after having difficulty shutting out Adam's [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer powerful negative emotions.]] As they begin to genuinely become friends, Caleb begins describing how he feels [[WhatIsThisFeeling butterflies]] from Adam. [[spoiler: Caleb realises the butterflies he's feeling are also coming from his own emotions and they get together.]]

* Podcast/TheBrightSessions: One of Dr Bright's patients, [[LovableJock Caleb]], an [[TheEmpath empath]], befriends [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer lonely]] classmate Adam on her recommendation after having difficulty shutting out Adam's powerful negative emotions. As they begin to genuinely become friends, Caleb begins describing how he feels [[WhatIsThisFeeling butterflies]] from Adam. [[spoiler: Caleb realises the butterflies he's feeling are also coming from his own emotions and they get together.]]

* Podcast/TheBrightSessions One of Dr Bright's patients, [[LovableJock Caleb]], an [[TheEmpath]]empath, befriends lonely classmate [[Bookworm]]Adam on her recommendation after having difficulty shutting out Adam's powerful negative emotions. As they begin to genuinely become friends, Caleb begins describing how he feels [[WhatIsThisFeeling]]butterflies from Adam. [[Spoiler: Caleb realises the butterflies he's feeling are also coming from his own emotions and they get together.]]

* Played with in ''Literature/TheGoldenFeather''. The main character is socially awkward and dorkish, but who also happens to be well-built. The love interest on the other hand is the classic jerkish, popular type but also happens to be short, thin and a closet literature snob,

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* Happens with the possibly bisexual Teddy in ''WebComic/BestFriendsForever'', where he has some unspoken feelings for his best friend and star quarterback Vincent. [[spoiler: Interestingly, it's inverted as well, since a lot of the conflict for Vincent in the story is [[{{Gayngst}} dealing with the fact that he's in love with Teddy]] and discovering that he's gay.]]

* Happens with the possibly bisexual Teddy in ''WebComic/BestFriendsForever'', where he has some unspoken feelings for his [[ChildhoodFriends Childhood Friend]] and star quarterback Vincent. Interestingly, it's inverted as well, since a lot of the conflict for Vincent in the story is [[{{Gayngst}} dealing with the fact that he's in love with Teddy]] and discovering that he's gay.