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A good way to show the physical intimacy and trust which a couple have is to rest one's head on the other's lap. Usually, the man does the resting while the woman provides the lap, not only because of anatomical reasons but because the lap-owner is typically of a nurturing nature more associated with femininity. Bonus points if she's feeding him grapes or stroking his hair.
In some cases this is done between people who are not necessarily lovers, to comfort someone who is weeping or injured.
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* This happens very early on in ''[[11eyes]]'' for a Yuka/Kakeru bonding scene.
* In ''[[Skip Beat]]'', Ren uses Kyoko's lap as a pillow in one scene. They aren't a couple, but there's much romantic tension there.
** Specifically, Ren was overcome by his feelings and nearly either confessed or propositioned her, but realizing halfway through that this was already freaking her out and if he finished she'd probably be scared out of his life for good, he managed to turn it into the claim that he thought he might feel better if he napped and he couldn't sleep without a pillow. Both of them feel very awkward, until Kyoko (thinking Ren is asleep) starts petting his hair.
** It is very cute, but like most of ''[[Skip Beat]]'' manages to avoid the standard way its cliche situations are arrived at. So that's something.
* In ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', when [[Tsundere|Anko]] and [[Butt Monkey|Noboru]], Anko accidentally smacks Noboru in the face with her purse thinking he's a perv, so she lets him rest his head in her lap until his nose stops bleeding.
* The implied intimacy of the situation is the reason why Dolores and Mr. Raptor (Both [[Humongous Mecha]], mind you) end up going straight to [[Instant Seiza]] when a bump during transportation puts them in this position in ''[[Zone of the Enders]]: Dolores, i''. That, and the cockpit sticking out from between Dolores' legs...
* In the last episode of the first ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' series, Fate rests her head on her familiar Arf's lap while sleeping in her cell.
* In ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', Akito puts his head on Sana's lap and she cleans out his ears, except...she was pretending to be his mother and had to blackmail him to get him to do it.
* In the [[Pool Episode]] of ''[[Sasameki Koto]]'', Ushio offers her lap to Sumika, who is exhausted from her competition with Tomoe. Sumika certainly enjoys the view from her position.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', the first time we learn that Inuyasha is human once a month, his entire demeanor change from [[Jerkass]] to [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] is symbolised by his request to lie in Kagome's lap. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Aaaawwww...]]
* Used with a twist in the ''[[Akira]]'' manga. Not only the girl (Kaori) is the one who rests her head on the guy (Tetsuo)'s left hip as she sleeps, but [[Crapsack World|the environment isn't exactly idyllic and peaceful]] - they're in the middle of the ruined Neo Tokyo, and the guy's [[Body Horror|right arm is almost wholly mutated.]]
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* In episode 17 of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]'' Shimizu uses Hino's lap as a pillow.
* In the ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'' official art Cattleya lets Louise use her as a [[Lap Pillow]].
* In ''[[Clannad]]'' Yukine uses Tomoya's lap as a pillow during one of their visits to the library, much to Nagisa's chargrin.
* During the storyline in which Tatewaki is possessed by a cherry tree in [[Ranma ½|[[Ranma
* In ''[[Madlax]]'' episode 24, Margaret sleeps with her head in Elenore's lap during a flashback. Also contains [[Ear Cleaning]].
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{{quote|"In his lap lay Frodo’s head, drowned deep in sleep; [[Ho Yay|upon his white forehead lay one of Sam’s brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master’s breast.]] Peace was in both their faces." }}
* A not-even-remotely romantic variant in ''Fuzzy Bones'', William Tuning's continuation of [[H. Beam Piper]]'s Fuzzy series: a small group of Marines get the word that they've about forty minutes to chill before raiding a criminal stronghold, so they lie down in a rough circle, each man using another's stomach as a pillow.
* Happens in [[The Dresden Files]] book ''Summer Knight'', between Harry and the Summer Lady, Aurora.
** And then it happens again nine books later in ''Ghost Story'', but this time he {{spoiler|wakes up (after being resurrected) on [[God Save Us From the Queen|Mab's]] lap}}. [[Oh Crap]].
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* On ''[[Dexter]]'', when Lila and Dexter share a hotel room, he ends up falling asleep with his head in her lap after a breakdown following a confrontation with his mother's murderer.
* In [[The X-Files]] episode 'Detour', Mulder sleeps with his head on Scully's lap when they're forced to camp out in the woods overnight. [[Heartwarming Moments|She even sings him a song.]]
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Recession Proof" from season seven of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', when the titular character flops, drunk and soaking wet, on to a couch with {{spoiler|Cuddy}}, head in her lap.
{{quote|'''House''': [[Heh
{{spoiler|Cuddy}}: Go to sleep, House. }}
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