History Main / HoldingHands

* In ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', Wolffy and his wife Wolnie hold hands as they and the others prepare to jump across a cliff to escape from some of the Bitter Gourd King's minions.

** ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIITheForceAwakens'': Rey gets annoyed when Finn tries to do the same when they're fleeing the stormtrooper attack on Jakku. This happens twice. On the third instance, ''Rey'' is the one who offers Finn a hand. This could show independence but also compassion on Rey's part, as well as NoSenseOfPersonalSpace for Finn.
** ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIIITheLastJedi'': [[spoiler: During Rey and Kylo Ren's fourth Force Bond session, Rey reaches out her hand. Kylo reciprocates. They touch hands despite being light years away from each other, and it is probably the most intimate moment of both their lives so far. Rey, at least, even has a vision of the future and Kylo seems to see the truth of her parents.]] This might be among the most ''epic'' hand holding scenes in all fiction.
* ''Film/Super8'': Alice and Joe, who have been drawn to each other ever since the beginning of the film, hold hands [[spoiler: as they watch the alien leave]].

* In Mexico, couples that are not too intimate will often be jokingly referred to as ''"de manitas mojadas,"'' which "means of wet hands." The joke being that they are so shy with one another, [[NoHuggingNoKissing that the couple won't go beyond holding their moist (sweaty) hands.]]
* Adults often hold the hands of children in public so they won't wander off or get into trouble. Sometimes they train their children to hold his finger.

** Un "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", there's a moment when Sherlock is frightened and latches onto Watson.
---> '''Watson''': Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation.

---> '''Watson''': I felt Holmes’s hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake, as if to say that the situation was within his powers and that he was easy in his mind.

* In one arc of ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', Rex Tyler, the original Hourman, holds his son Rick's hand as the latter is being operated upon.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', British schoolboy Charles Rowland dies after suffering terrible abuse at the hands of ghostly bullies. As he dies, he is accompanied by the ghost of one of their previous victims, Edwin Paine. Early on, Rowland asks Paine to hold his hand. Later, when he finally dies and becomes a ghost, he convinces Paine to leave the boarding school with him, and they are seen walking off, once again hand in hand. It's kept purposefully vague whether or not they are just good friends or something more.
* The first issue of Creator/BradMeltzer's run on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' features Red Tornado's wife Kathy holding his hand as she waits for him to reactivate.
* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' have been known to hold hands from time to time. Also, in the last arc, Molly can be seen holding Klara's hand after the latter is wounded in an accident, and later, Victor leads her around by the hand as the team flees their no-longer-secure home, presumably because at that point, she's seriously groggy after being subjected to both a head injury and a sleeping spell, all in the same night.
* Raven and Starfire / Koriand'r at the end of ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' Volume Two.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* In ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson link hands when a doctor says MJ might not survive her second pregnancy.
* At the end of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015'' book ''Betty versus Veronica'', both girls hold hands after their plan to save Pops' business has come together.
* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': Happens quite a lot in the series, but probably most famously when Thorn and Fone Bone meet for the first time, leaving the hot springs.
* In ''ComicBook/MouseGuard'', Kenzie and Sadie link hands often.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Anaya and Iphthime are shown holding hands to introduce their relationship long before it is actually discussed.

** ''Literature/RebelForce'': Leia Organa holds Ferus Olin's hand [[spoiler: as he is dying, so he won't [[DyingAlone die alone]]. He has a vivid DyingDream and sees]] [[HoYay/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Roan Lands]] in her place.

* ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'': Semi and Miranda wind up clasping or holding hands frequently as their situation worsens. Then, "On Day Sixty-Three I couldn't hold her hand anymore, [[ForcedTransformation because]] [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore she didn't have any hands]]."