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This is a romantic trope where one half of the couple or [[Will They or Won't They?|potential couple]] falls asleep and the other one winds up watching them. Sometimes they initially consider waking the sleeping person up, but decide against it upon seeing just how cute and peaceful they look. Very often a soft, tender smile passes over the watcher's face, giving the viewer a hint of their affection towards the slumberer. Hair and/or skin-stroking may also ensue, as well as a [[Comforting Comforter]].

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'': Happens ''how'' many times to Sousuke? First, apparently Tessa got into a habit of creeping out of her bed and watching him happily while he sleeps. And then, Kaname gets her turn when she's giving him a [[Important Haircut|haircut]], and he falls asleep. Instead of waking him immediately, she stares longingly at him (er, his lips, that is). And then it's implied that a whole ''group'' of guerillas that used to be his comrades did this to him while he was sleeping - he was so [[Bishonen|pretty]], apparently all of them were watching him and [[Even the Guys Want Him|getting close to jumping him]]. This includes Zaeid, who is shown in a flashback to have been lovingly watching Sousuke as he sleeps.

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Shigure watches Akito sleep in a slightly creepy way.

** In a more platonic sense, Tohru watches Kisa, Hiro, and Momiji all sleeping together on the floor.

* Subverted in ''[[Bleach]]'', in which Yoruichi lays her head on Soi Fon's lap. With red petals. During the full moon. [[Ho Yay|Yeah. They're both girls.]]

** In the UNMASKED comic, Orihime says she watched Ulquiorra nap. {{spoiler|Possibly enforced, or subverted, by the fact that she watched him sleep because she didn't know he ''could''.}}

* In ''[[Battle Royale]]'', Shuya is shown to watch Noriko while she sleeps [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/battle_royale/c012/2.html here.] Of course, she likes him more than he does towards her at this point... but nonetheless, he still has a crush on her.

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' Haruhi {{spoiler|finds Tamaki asleep in the music room, exhausted by his new after-school activity of learning about the Suoh family business. She watches him sleep, pushes his hair out of his face, and thinks his sleep talk is cute.}}

* In ''[[Wild Ones]]'', Sachie sees Rakuto sleeping a couple of times and comes closer to realizing her genuine affection for him.

* In episode 15 of ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'', Raphael explains to Mikael that the reason he didn't wake him up was because he got lost in admiration of his cute sleeping face.

* At the end of ''[[Wild Fangs|Wild Rose]]'' Mikhail falls asleep on Kiri's shoulder which shows he's changing from his old, [[Emotionless Boy|distant]] self.

* In an extra chapter of ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]]'', a girl from Natsume's middle school comes across him inexplicably sleeping on the steps of a shrine. She gets close enough to notice that the ([[Silent Scapegoat|supposedly]]) disturbed boy from her class is [[Bishonen|quite pretty]]. And then he wakes up and freaks the hell out.

* [[Inuyasha]] and Kagome both see each other sleeping at one time or another. Well, okay, a couple of times.

* ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'': Bulma watched a sleeping [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Vegeta]] suffer through [[Bad Dreams|nightmares]] with concern as she [[Florence Nightingale Effect|nursed him back to health]]. It is implied that this (and seeing through his [[Jerkass Facade]]) eventually led to their [[Relationship Upgrade]] during the [[Time Skip]].

* The final opening of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]:Brotherhood'' has Winry watching Ed sleep, bathed in sunlight. Compared to his near constant anger in his waking state, he's smiling as he dreams.

* In chapter 13 of ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' Gilbert watches Oz sleep.

* Rolo of ''[[Code Geass]]'' once watched over Lelouch while he slept.

* Spoofed, naturally, in an early issue of ''[[Deadpool]]''. Deadpool watches his X-men girlfriend Syren sleep through her bedroom window. He thinks how what he's doing used to be considered romantic, but nowdays is considered "stalking" and generally frowned upon.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Deleted scenes stated that Capa and Cassie were in fact sleeping together, which would give a better reasoning for her being in his room watching him.

* ''Wimbledon'' has Kirsten Dunst watching Paul Bettany sleep.

* In ''[[The Ice Pirates]]'' when Jason first sees Princess Karina she is sleeping. He leaves her asleep after being rudely interrupted just as he was about to grope her breasts, then comes back for her before the pirates leave her ship.

* In the second ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' movie Hellboy and Abe are looking at a sleeping Liz after they've had a beer or three.

{{quote|'''Hellboy:''' Look at her. She's it, Abe. She's it. She's my whole wide... You know?

'''Hellboy:''' I would give my life for her. But she also wants me to do the dishes.

'''Abe Sapien:''' I would die and do the dishes. }}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** It fits better with this after Bella and Edward are actually in a relationship, and she allows him to snuggle with her every night and watch her sleep.

** It should also be noted that Edward is fascinated by humans sleeping, [[Our Vampires Are Different|since it's been nearly a century since he last slept.]]

*** And Bella, {{spoiler|once she becomes a vampire, understands how beautiful sleepers are when looking at their daughter}}

* The protagonist of ''[[Beggars in Spain]]'' who doesn't sleep ends up doing this multiple times. Her boyfriend jokingly accuses her of having a fetish for it.

** This being because {{spoiler|while he's awake he can hear her thoughts.}}

* Bones from the [[Night Huntress]] books thinks that Cat is cute when she's sprawled on the bed snoring with her mouth open and hogging all the covers.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** Naturally, the way we learned about this was when Delenn explained it to Sheridan. She liked what she saw.

* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' has an instance where they're already a couple - Ned watches Chuck sleep [[Sleeping Single|in the bed next to his]], and when she wakes up she asks if he was watching her sleep, and he says watching her sleep and wake up is like seeing her come back to life [[First-Episode Resurrection|again]]. However, it turns out that this is a [[Dream Sequence]], and when Ned actually wakes up and sees Chuck wake up, she asks him if he was watching her sleep. He dodges the question because he doesn't want to repeat dialogue from the dream.

**** Worth noting that Spike was soulless when he tried to rape her but had had his soul restored by this point, making the moment much sweeter and much less disturbing.

* At the end of the ''[[X-Files]]'' episode "all things", Scully falls asleep on Mulder's couch while they talk; he looks lovingly at her for a moment before tucking a lock of hair behind her ear and covering her with the blanket on the back of his couch. Adorable.

* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' Elena does this to Stefan (the vampire). He calls it creepy, while she defends it as being romantic. Almost certainly a [[Take That]] to ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''.

** Damon has watched Elena sleep, he even reached a hand out to tenderly strope her face.

* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. Despite the rampant amount of [[Ho Yay]] in the show, it is actually the [[Platonic Life Partners]] Merlin and Guinevere who end up doing this to each other. In an early episode Gwen nurses Merlin while he's in a fever, and Merlin later repays the favor by lending her his bed after her father is killed and stays ''all day'' with her, just watching and waiting as she sleeps off her exhaustion.

** Toward the end of series four Guinevere is injured in the forest; once again Merlin stays by her side all night, watching her sleep.

** Tristan watches Isolde sleep after she's been injured in a sword-fight.

* In ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'', Nina wakes up in one episode to find George watching her. He confesses that he loves watching her sleep. Nina replies that that was sweet, though creepy.

* [[Emerson Lake and Palmer]]'s acoustic ballad "Watching Over You". It's a pretty generic take on the subject (what else would one expect from Greg Lake?), so it can easily apply to either guy-love interest or parent-offspring. The second interpretation seems slightly less prone to causing [[Fridge Logic|Fridge]] [[Squick]].

* The song "En Sólo Un Segundo" by Amaral.

 

== Mythology ==

** Also happens in a romance with Alistair. After he and the PC spend their first night together, there is a brief shot of the PC sleeping and Alistair watching her with a look of tender affection.

* In ''[[Xenogears]]'', Elly tells Fei that she watched him sleep through the whole night {{spoiler|after their love scene}}.

** Did it stop the [[Shipping|shippers]]? No...

* If you romance Aerie in the second ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' game (and provided you don't screw it up), there'll come a point where she'll admit to having watched you sleep the night before and how it made her feel safe doing so.

** Em returns the favour here along with a [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Coma]] moment [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=698 here].

* This happens in chapter fifty of ''[[Orange Marmalade]]'' when Jae-min uses Ma-ri's lap as a pillow and falls asleep. {{spoiler|He wakes up as she starts stroking his hair and he kisses her.}}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** A non-romantic example in the same film. Sebastian watches Ariel fall asleep in the palace and softens a little, having previously been very disapproving of her various antics.

* In season two of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' Barriss Offee and Ahsoka Tano are trapped aboard a [[Meat Puppet]]-infested starship in "Brain Invaders." Barriss is herself taken over and turns against Ahsoka, who can not bring herself to kill her friend ([[What Measure Is a Mook?|Despite having no problems killing clone troopers earlier]]). When Ahsoka finally manages to subdue Barriss, [[Les Yay|she cradles her in her arms and holds her unconcious body until Ahsoka passes out as well]] and [[Sleep Cute|lies with her]].