History Main / OfficeRomance

** Tim and Gavin are already a couple when they start working at the centre, although they don't tell Brittas at least partially because of his vaguely homophobic views. There's also Brittas' wife Helen once she becomes part of the staff in Series 7.In the second season, Jackie gets involved with Leslie, her police partner. Leslie previously dated her male partner before Jackie.

** Danny and Lindsay. [[HollywoodLaw In real life, someone would probably have to change departments to avoid conflict of interest]], but they still work together, though they rarely work on the same case. Danny was on the team from the start and Lindsay joined after Aiden was fired. There was a lot of WillTheyOrWontThey UnresolvedSexualTension between them, and finally, [[TheyDo they got married]].

* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'':

** Tim and Gavin are already a couple when they start working at the centre, although they don't tell Brittas at least partially because of his vaguely homophobic views. There's also Brittas' wife Helen once she becomes part of the staff in Series 7.

* ''VideoGame/IdolManager'': This can happen either via two of the idols dating each other or the PlayerCharcter dating an idol. If two dating idols happen to both be idle, they can sometimes be seen HoldingHands face to face in the break room.

** When Ted romantically pursues Stella, his dermatologist, his friends try to convince him that it is a bad idea to date somebody who you see all the time, because it makes things awkward when it doesn't work out. Barney refers to this as the Platinum Rule. He winds up not dating her while a patient, though it is [[RealityEnsues because of the American Medical Association's rule]] and not the Platinum Rule.

** When Ted romantically pursues Stella, his dermatologist, his friends try to convince him that it is a bad idea to date somebody who you see all the time, because it makes things awkward when it doesn't work out.

* ''Manga/KowloonGenericRomance'' is about the blooming relationship between 32-year old Reiko Kujirai and 30-year old Hajime Kudou as they work together at Wong Lo Realty Company. Despite the somewhat unusual setting of Kowloon Walled City ([[AlternateHistory in a world where it still exists]]), it's a pretty straightforward office romance. [[spoiler: [[WhamEpisode Until the end of the first volume,]] where the story transforms into something far more bizarre.]]

Compare with ForbiddenFruit. See also InappropriatelyCloseComrades, for relationships where the "office" is service in the military. See SleepingWithTheBoss for when the relationship involves a boss or supervisor and a lower-level employee under him/her.

* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', it's possible to romance Mina Tang, one of the handlers and an analyst at Alpha Protocol. The perk you get for completing her Romance Sidequest is even called "Office Romance"

* Subverted on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': there are no fraternization rules for NCIS agents, they can even be married. But it is against [[TheCommandments Gibb's rules]], which he holds himself and his agents to. And rule 12 is "never date a co-worker." So while [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Kensi and Deeks]] got married years ago, couples on Gibb's team tend to just have a lot of {{UST}} that only gets resolved when one of them [[LastMinuteHookup is written off the show.]]

* Subverted on ''Series/{{NCIS}'': there are no fraternization rules for NCIS agents, they can even be married. But it is against [[TheCommandments Gibb's rules]], which he holds himself and his agents to. And rule 12 is "never date a co-worker." So while [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Kensi and Deeks]] got married years ago, couples on Gibb's team tend to just have a lot of {{UST}} that only gets resolved when one of them [[LastMinuteHookup is written off the show.]]

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' this trope is done with a twist on the usual dynamic. There are no fraternization rules for NCIS; it's explicitly stated at least once that there is nothing stopping agents from dating each other--they can even be married. However, it is against Gibbs' rules, while he's usually pretty flexible around his team breaking the rules if they have a good reason to do so, but he does ''not'' like it when they break Rule 12 (never date a co-worker). He calls Tony out on it pretty harshly in season 8 when he has a fling with another team leader. In season 11, it's implied that Rule 12 [[spoiler: was the major barrier for Tony and Ziva resolving their {{UST}}.]]

* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'':

* Most {{Yuri}} mangas that don't involve SchoolgirlLesbians involve some sort of Office Romance instead.