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Not to be confused with the type of behavior [[Stalker With a Crush|stalkers]] frequently partake in. If it's played for a [[Squick|creepy, disturbing effect]] rather than a [[Rule of Romantic|sweet and romantic one]], it does not belong here. (Although with some works it can be [[Stalking Is Love|hard to tell]].)

May lead to a [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]] moment. Compare [[Sleep Cute]]. See also [[Longing Look]].

* ''[[Full Metal Panic (Light Novel)|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 (Manga)|Fruits Basket]]'', Shigure watches Akito sleep in a slightly creepy way.

* Invoked in ''[[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Than Black]]'' when Amber deemed the scene of Hei watching his sleeping sister romantic-looking. Then again, for Amber he looks as romantic as possible in any situation.

* Subverted in ''[[Bleach (Manga)|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 ''[[Battle Royale (Literature)|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 ''[[Sakura Gari (Manga)|Sakura Gari]]'', Masataka ends up falling asleep on Souma's shoulder during their carriage ride back to Souma's residence. Due to Masataka being a [[Beautiful Dreamer]], Souma [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/sakura_gari/v01/c002/55.html instructs the coachman to take the long way, since he suddenly doesn't feel like going back].

* In ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'', Jill (the village girl from the Fairy Arc) does this to Guts when she [http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-11.html?ch=Volume+14&page=136 finds him sleeping in a wrecked, abandoned house]. She ends up sitting next to him, watching him sleep until she [[Sleep Cute|falls asleep on his lap]]. Of course, she ''does'' have a [[Precocious Crush|huge crush on him]].

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|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 (Manga)|Wild Ones]]'', Sachie sees Rakuto sleeping a couple of times and comes closer to realizing her genuine affection for him.

* Ciel Phantomhive from ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''. Subverted in that everyone seems to like watching him sleep, so it can be taken in a non-romantic way as well.

* In episode 15 of ''[[Tenshi Ni Narumon (Anime)|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 Rose (Manga)|Wild Rose]]'' Mikhail falls asleep on Kiri's shoulder which shows he's changing from his old, [[Emotionless Boy|distant]] self.

* This occurs frequently with Kaoru in ''[[Virgin Love (Manga)|Virgin Love]]'' and its sequels because he can only sleep well when Daigo's around, leaving Daigo to just watch him.

* In an extra chapter of ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou (Manga)|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 (Manga)|Inuyasha]] and Kagome both see each other sleeping at one time or another. Well, okay, a couple of times.

* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|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.

* ''[[Rosario to Vampire (Manga)|Rosario to Vampire]]'': Kurumu certainly thinks Tsukune's one.

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

* Happens twice in [[Boys Love Genre]] ''[[FAKE (Manga)|FAKE]]''. First when Ryo falls ill and Dee watches him sleep leading to a [[Dude He's Like in A Coma]] moment. The second time is when Dee is ill, falls asleep and Ryo watches over him. Ryo says to himself that he thinks Dee is "pretty hot too".

* Slightly averted in ''[[Blade Runner (Film)|Blade Runner]]'', when Deckard, fearing Rachael was killed by Gaff in her sleep, cries and kisses her when he hears her breathing.

* ''[[Sunshine (Film)|Sunshine]]'' has a scene in which Capa wakes from a nightmare to find Cassie in his room, presumably having been watching him sleep.

* In ''[[The Ice Pirates (Film)|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 ''[[Don Juan Demarco|Don Juan DeMarco]]'' there's a sweet little bit where Dr. Mickler keeps watch over the peacefully slumbering 'Don Juan'.

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

* ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' tries to invoke this trope with Edward sneaking into Bella's house at night to watch her sleep, but since he's ''[[Stalker With a Crush|actually sneaking into her house at night to watch her sleep]]'', the effect sort of [[Squick|backfires]].

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

* In the ''[[Alias (TV)|Alias]]'' episode "Salvation," Sydney wakes to Vaughn watching her sleeping while they are both being held under quarantine.

* 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 (Literature)|Twilight]]''.

* ''[[Merlin (TV)|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.

* In ''[[Being Human (TV)|Being Human]]'', 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.

* "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (also known as "The [[Armageddon]] Theme Song") by [[Aerosmith (Music)|Aerosmith]] is about this.

* In the ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' radio drama "The Dead Line", Ianto watches over Jack while the latter is in a coma and reminisces about how he likes to watch Jack smiling in his sleep in his [[Tear Jerker|Tearjerker]] monologue.

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

* If you romance Aerie in the second ''[[Baldurs 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].

* ''[[Eerie Cuties (Webcomic)|Eerie Cuties]]'', with [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/Hello%20Aceford Brooke falling asleep on Aceford's shoulder]. [[Luminescent Blush|Blushes]] abound.

* 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]].

* On ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes]]'', Jimmy finds Heloise in hibernation. He's desperate to wake her up, and finds a book about [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|kissing the fair maiden to wake her]]. He [[Ship Tease|looks at Heloise for a moment]]...then tosses the book aside, muttering "Can't believe everything you read.