History UnresolvedSexualTension / Literature

* For the first three books of ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'' there's a lot of UST between Dora and Miron, made complicated by the fact that Joshua, Miron's friend, has this thing for Dora as well and she quite likes him, too. Finally in ''Winner Takes It All'' EveryoneCanSeeIt and Joshua - who can feel their emotions due to his mental link to both of them - almost pushes them at one another. TheyDo.

** Oddly, ''Harry'' and Hermione have tons of UST as well... in ''Order of the Phoenix'', specifically, and built upon lesser examples earlier. They get into arguments often yet passionately care about getting the other to ultimately agree, they get into danger together and are deeply concerned for the other's physical well-being, they go into ''flying hugs'' at various points... it got to the point in ''Phoenix'' that many people assumed a LoveTriangle was being set up between the trio, and saw the actual resolution as something of a ''swerve''. The UST completely (and a few would say meta-awkwardly) evaporates come ''Half Blood Prince''.

* The Hound and Sansa. Beginning with him [[BelligerentSexualTension making sarcastic japes and mocking innocent Sansa's ideals]] to breaking into her room during the night, getting drunk and sleeping in her bed while waiting for her, and then putting a knife to her throat which culminates in what looks to be an almost rape scene. Sansa gets away with just singing a song for him, and he [[TragicKeepsake leaves behind his bloody cloak]]. As of currently, Sansa has been having dreams about Sandor having a wedding night with her, constantly compares every man that makes a move on her to him, and has convinced herself that Sandor kissed her that night ([[FakeMemories he didn't]]) and is disappointed that he only left her with his cloak.
* Sarcastic, cynical Jaime Lannister and his captor, idealistic Brienne "The Beauty" [[BelligerentSexualTension bicker and squabble]] incessantly at first, but are shown to think about the other frequently, in an increasingly affectionate light. Both have only ever been attracted to one person (Cersei and Renly respectively), and both are weirded out by their sudden attraction to someone else, but seem to grow into it (Jaime and Cersei have a falling out and Brienne calls out for Jaime when unconscious).

* [[Literature/HarryPotter Ron and Hermione]], for a good portion of the books. It was most noticeable starting in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', but was (finally) resolved in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''.
** Ginny has crush on Harry for ''five years'' before they get together (from [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]] to [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]).

** Sarcastic, cynical Jaime Lannister and his captor, idealistic Brienne "The Beauty" [[BelligerentSexualTension bicker and squabble]] incessantly at first, but are shown to think about the other frequently, in an increasingly affectionate light. Both have only ever been attracted to one person (Cersei and Renly respectively), and both are weirded out by their sudden attraction to someone else, but seem to grow into it (Jaime and Cersei have a falling out and Brienne calls out for Jaime when unconscious).

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' uses [=UST=] to symbolically represent other things that draw people, but which they don't want to act on. In these two cases, a character is attracted to someone who represents[=/=]manifests a part of themselves that they have issues with.

** Jame and Torisen's [=UST=] is symbolic of Torisen's struggle with self-acceptance. The story plays with the idea of twins as {{foil}}s, mirrors, other halves of each other. (Yes, they're {{twin|cest}}s.) They have a ''lot'' of issues between them, but one of the biggest ones is that Jame is a DifferentlyPoweredIndividual in a world where that's considered dangerous and untrustworthy--and more importantly, so is ''Tori'', but he denies it. She makes it harder for him to keep lying to himself about it, and what ''really'' bothers him--much more than how this trait is present in ''her''--is how it's present in ''himself''.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there's Sandor "The Hound" Clegane and Sansa. Beginning with him [[BelligerentSexualTension making sarcastic japes and mocking innocent Sansa's ideals]] to breaking into her room during the night, getting drunk and sleeping in her bed while waiting for her, and then putting a knife to her throat which culminates in what looks to be an almost rape scene. Sansa gets away with just singing a song for him, and he [[TragicKeepsake leaves behind his bloody cloak]]. As of currently, Sansa has been having dreams about Sandor having a wedding night with her, constantly compares every man that makes a move on her to him, and has convinced herself that Sandor kissed her that night ([[FakeMemories he didn't]]) and is disappointed that he only left her with his cloak.

* For a 19th-century novel, ''Literature/JaneEyre'' contains a surprising amount of fairly obvious sexual tension. The scene in which Rochester, unwilling to let Jane return to her room, ends up clinging to her hand and acting as if he is [[AlmostKiss about to kiss her]] comes to mind. Especially since it follows a scene in which she saves him from being [[FreudWasRight burned alive in his bed]].

** Sarcastic, cynical Jaime Lannister and his captor, idealistic Brienne "The Beauty" [[BelligerentSexualTension bicker and squabble]] incessantly at first, but are shown to think about the other frequently, in an increasingly affectionate light.

* The Eighth Doctor and Fitz from BBC Book's "Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures" had this in spades. One book, "The Blue Angel" has Fitz admit that he wants to shag the Doctor. Another, "Eater of Wasps" has the Doctor flirting with Fitz. There's also the slashy dream sequence in "Halflife" and that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's even acknowledged by some of the other characters on occasion but nothing is ever done about it. There was also UST between the Doctor and Sam in some of the earlier books but it was eventually resolved-he wasn't interested and she got over it.

* The Eighth Doctor and Fitz from BBC Book's "Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures" had this in spades. One book "The Blue Angel" has the Fitz admit that he wants to shag the Doctor. Another "Eater of Wasps" has the Doctor flirting with Fitz. There's also the slashy dream sequence in "Halflife" and that's just the tip of the iceburg. It is even acknowledged by some of the other characters on occasion but nothing is ever done about it. There was also UST between the Doctor and Sam in some of the earlier books but it was eventually resolved-he wasn't interested and she got over it.

* In [[JohnHemry Jack Campbell]]'s ''Literature/TheLostFleet'', Geary and Desjani. They know it would be inappropriate. Which makes it all the more annoying that everyone else in the fleet find it adds extra romance.

** Ginny has crush on Harry for ''five years'' before they get together (from [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]] to [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]])

* Patrick Rothfuss's ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'' has a fairly significant amount of UST. Main character Kvothe's collection of women (and at least a few men) who want in his pants would be the envy of any harem manga, and his obliviousness to their smoldering lust nearly makes one question the direction in which his swing set be swingin' (one opens the door in the middle of the night wearing a sheet and not much else. He couldn't be bothered). Kvothe eventually falls hard for Denna, but the fact that she is a) kind of a ho and b) extraordinarily difficult to keep track of fuels the UST for a large percentage of the book.

* In Creator/MargaretMahy's ''Maddigan's Fantasia'', and its TV series, ''MaddigansQuest'', teen protagonists Garland and Timon are ridiculously shippable, despite never flirting outright. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:as Timon, Eden and Jewel return to their own time]], the pair tell each other that they'll 'always know you'.

* From the same time period, ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' also packs a pretty good punch. The first scene where Anne and Captain Wentworth are reunited after so many years, even though they do no more than exchange awkward pleasantries, is ridiculously charged.

* Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' runs on subtle but pervasive UST, at least for the second half. Before that, almost the entire story is Elizabeth POV and she insists she's very much not interested in Darcy.

** [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} The musical]] seems to play this up, due to the fact many of the actresses who play them act rather... [[LesYay Gay]]. They exchange many ''long'' glances, and often hold hands.

** [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} The musical]] seems to play this up, due to the fact many of the actresses who play them act rather... [[HaveAGayOldTime Gay]]. They exchange many ''long'' glances, and often hold hands.

* Patrick Rothfuss' ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'' has a fairly significant amount of UST. Main character Kvothe's collection of women (and at least a few men) who want in his pants would be the envy of any harem manga, and his obliviousness to their smoldering lust nearly makes one question the direction in which his swing set be swingin' (one opens the door in the middle of the night wearing a sheet and not much else. He couldn't be bothered). Kvothe eventually falls hard for Denna, but the fact that she is a) kind of a ho and b) extraordinarily difficult to keep track of fuels the UST for a large percentage of the book.

* ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' was written soon after ''Film/ANewHope'' came out, and meant to be the basis for a MadeForTVMovie if the previous film didn't work out. Since Creator/HarrisonFord's character wasn't there, Luke and Leia have a clear field. Neither of them ever make a move, but it's clear in almost every interaction [[ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt that although neither thinks it would be appropriate, it would be very good.]]
* In [[JohnHemry Jack Campbell]]'s ''TheLostFleet'', Geary and Desjani. They know it would be inappropriate. Which makes it all the more annoying that everyone else in the fleet find it adds extra romance.

* In the ''Literature/{{destroyermen}}'' series by Taylor Anderson, there is a significant amount of tension between Matt and Sandra, because while they are attracted to each other, there are only four known human females alive at the most. Resultingly, out of moral responsibility, Matt and Sandra do not formally get together for three books and [[spoiler: Matt doesnt propose marriage until book six, by which all the tension has evaporated and EveryoneCanSeeIt.]]

* The titular ''ArtemisFowl'' and Holly Short, especially from the fifth book ''The Lost Colony'' onward. Holly actually [[spoiler: kisses Artemis]] after she heals him from near death. And in the last book, Artemis returns the favour by [[spoiler: kissing her goodbye on the forehead before performing his HeroicSacrifice]]. The series ends with [[spoiler: Holly telling an amnesic Artemis their history, in hopes to jog his memory.]]