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More serious or "[[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynical]]" series tend to inspire WAFF fanfics, in the same way comedies or "idealistic" series inspire [[Dark Fic]].
 
See also [[Glurge]], [[Tastes Like Diabetes]], [[Lighter and Softer]], [[Sweet Dreams Fuel (Sugar Wiki)|Sweet Dreams Fuel]]. When it works, it's a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. Not to be confused with WAUGH, as in [[Evelyn Waugh]], [[Batman (TV series)|"Waugh, waugh, waugh"]], or '''"WAAAGH!"''', which is something [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|very different]]. Or the Australian cricketers.
 
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[I Won't Say (Fanfic)|I Won't Say]]'' ([http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4760868/1/I_Wont_Say\ direct link]) an '''''adorable''''' ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' ([[Slash Fic|Light/L]]) [[Christmas Special]] [[Fanfic]].
* A cute ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7188708/1/Misguided_Ghost/ story] about Lelouch and Suzaku meeting C2 as children.
* The number of ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma ½]]'' fics that at least attempt a WAFF resolution to the eternal [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Ranma/Akane]] [[Love Dodecahedron|conflict]] is legion.
* Similarly, fics on the main triangle and offshoots in ''[[Tenchi Muyo! (Anime)|Tenchi Muyo!]]''
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6080479/1/Snapshots_Its_a_Girl Snapshots: It's a girl]is supplementary WAFF-material to an extremely long, well-written, and not warm or fuzzy fic for [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] entitled "Fullmetal Alchemist:Forever", the authour of both stories has written a series of anecdotes about Edward and his daughter, Amy. The first one takes place just before her birth, the last one is Amy's earliest memory of her Dad [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6080479/1/Snapshots_Its_a_Girl It can be found here.]
** to get that straight: "Snapshots" is warm-and-fuzzy accompanying material to a [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] fanfic entitled "[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]:Forever". "Fullmetal Alchemist:Forever" is definitely not warm and fuzzy... {{spoiler|Amy gets pregnant at age twelve}} and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
* Also, fanfics that attempt to give Shinji and Asuka -- or heck, '''anyone''' from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' -- at least a moment of happiness, if not a full-fledged [[Happily Ever After]] ending.
** One of the best {{spoiler|(partial)}} examples of this is ''[[The Second Try (Fanfic)|The Second Try]]'', which gets special mention for being good enough to get its own trope page.
** Another good one is the non-hentai doujin ''Epilogue Of Evangelion'', a whopping 700 pages of Shinji & Asuka's life after the finale of ''[[End of Evangelion]]''.
* Many ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' Rocketshipping (Jessie/James) fanfics.
** Giovanni's been getting some of these lately, but at least a few fanfic authors have been throwing in some Badass to control the fluff. [http://community.livejournal.com/rocket100/tag/giovannixseren%27s+fics This writer's] known for the fluff, but, given the timeline she has available on her journal, and Giovanni killing off people who hurt his family ({{spoiler|Silver}} and otherwise), there are going to be a few badass fics coming up too.
** And [http://community.livejournal.com/rocket100/160644.html Legacy] is regarded by several of her fans as ""Sweet and sincere, but with that dark edge he's known for".
* Setsuna's relationship with Konoka in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' is already cute, and has accrued enough [[WAFF]] [[Les Yay]] moments that most KonoSetsu fics just build on the substantial subtext to push Setsuna over the edge, either into a [[Cannot Spit It Out|confession to]] or full-on yuri with her charge. E.g.: ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4078106/1/Egg_Belly Egg Belly]'', a wonderful WAFFy Lemon.
* Given their shared status as [[Woobie|Woobies]], many [[Naruto|NaruHina]] fics feature [[WAFF|the couple helping each other feel worthwhile]].
* Due to the [[Bittersweet Ending]] of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', many a fanfic writer has taken it upon themselves to create a "proper ending" and write a story {{spoiler|where Ahiru becomes human again}}. One might be stunned to find that the amount of fanfic for Ahiru and Fakir outnumbers the resident [[Ho Yay]] [[Beyond the Impossible|pairing!]]
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** [[Gentle Giant|Sweden/]][[Cute Bruiser|Finland]] fics often fall into the range of domestic fluff as well. The quality varies.
** What about [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Chibitalia]] and the Holy Roman Empire? So FWUFFY!!! Not to mention the fanfics that have a grown-up Italy realize that {{spoiler|his [[Second Love]] Germany is actually the Holy Roman Empire all grown up}}, leading to many [[Tears of Joy]].
* The (hentai) OVA adaptation of the [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Sono Hanabira Nini Kuchizuke Wo (Visual Novel)|Sono Hanabira Ni Kuchizuke Wowo]]''.
* Despite the two of them being so brutal (or perhaps [[Woobie|because of it]]), many [[One Piece|Zoro and Robin]] fics end up this way, often with a decidedly improbable [[Babies Ever After]] ending for more long running fics.
* A number of WAFFy doujins about {{spoiler|Mami, Sayaka and Kyouko's afterlife}} have come out of the ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' fandom, mainly because of how dark the regular storyline tends to be.
** Most of them likely written during the [[Too Soon|long hiatus]] between episode 10 and the back-to-back airing of 11 and 12, considering that episode 12 (the finale) {{spoiler|ends up with Mami and Kyouko still alive, and Sayaka choosing to stay dead so as not to negate her wish.}}
 
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== Literature ==
* The ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1312223/1/ Like Father, Like Son]'' (also a [[Song Fic]]) started from the series's end, added the premise of Tobias intercepting Elfangor's six-year-old ''hirac delest'', and ended up with ''none'' of the major deaths of the series occurring, even Elfangor's. {{spoiler|Tobias's mother even got her memory back -- acknowledged by the author as probably the least believable part.}}
* There is a quite enjoyable Harry/Luna WAFFy Lemon on the Restricted Section [[Harry Potter]] smut website called ''[http://www.restrictedsection.org/file.php?file=2655 Release]'' ('''[[NSFW]]''').
* There are oh-so-many [[Fanfic|fanfics]] for the novel ''[[Wicked (Literaturenovel)|Wicked]]'' based on the premise that Fiyero doesn't die. Almost always this results in a fine old happily-ever-after.
** And then there's {{spoiler|the musical.}}
 
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* The [[CSI Verse]] produces a few of these.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'': [http://www.thyla.com/ The All-Ages Kirk/Spock Archive], due to the PG-13 content restriction, tends to attract these.
* This is quite prevalent in the ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'' fandom, though they're usually used for certain scenes instead of entire fics. [http://triedunture.livejournal.com/464854.html On Being Blankety] is a notable exception.
* Most Naomily ''[[Skins]]'' fic is either thinly veiled PWP, [[Curtain Fic]] or straight-up [[Hurt Comfort Fic]], but there's an almost universal undercurrent of WAFF throughout all of it (they're just so damn cute together!).
** The reveal in the S4 finale -- {{spoiler|that Naomi has been in love with Emily since she was 12, meaning that canonically they ''always'' had [[Toy Ship]] potential}} -- has only magnified things.
* The Carly/Freddie pairing on ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' is built for these fics. The pair are extremely cute and comfortable with each other on the show, and it follows into the fic for them.
* There has been a positively odd influx of (admittedly freaking adorable) Will/Shelby (Shell) fluff fics in the ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic sections, considering they've had a grand total of three scenes together.
** Let's not mention all the Kurt/Blaine (Klaine) fics. Even the fics that are [[Dark Fic|depressing as hell]] temper the bleakness with the fact that those two will go through hell ''[[You Are Worth Hell|together]]''.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'', you can invite whoever you romanced up to cuddle. No sex, just cuddling. On the ''Mass Effect'' page someone even described it as being like something right out of a WAFF fanfic. Which means, yes, canon WAFF in a [[Darker and Edgier]] sequel. Of the "it works" variety.
** Primarily due to (as [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] puts it) the fact that "Birds fly, fish swim, [[Take That|Michael Atkinson molests dogs]], and [[Bio WareBioWare]] does good writing".
** Every [[Bio WareBioWare]] game has this, from ''[[Jade Empire]]'' to ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' to ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'' to ''[[Star WarstheWars: The Old Republic]]''. Keep in mind, all of these games also allow you the ''exact polar opposite'' of WAFF. You can be a right sadistic bastard that'll even make the most heartless gamers wince.
* Any of the [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Lloyd and Colette]] fics that [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/662301/Lil-Samuu Lil Samuu] writes fit in this category. And they're well written. All of them.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear]]'' has inspired a lot of "interim" fics for Snake/Otacon and Big Boss/Ocelot, where the writers just want to give the two ships some happy-times too before everything goes south again.
* Plenty of ''[[Touhou]]'' [[Fanfic|FanFics]] fall into this category. [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Comics Take a look for yourself]. Try Can't Fix The Helmet's ''GERANIUM'', anything by "Hero Bear", Millet Soup's ''Even If Life Isn't Short'', most ''Flipflops'' doujins...
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== Webcomics ==
* [http://harmonystuck.tumblr.com Harmonystuck] is an AU of ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' where everything is cute and nothing hurts. It's been described by many who read through the logs as 'a highly effective Homestuck Antidepressant'.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Most of the fics relating to Jeremie and Aelita from ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' fit this trope.
* The ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3957874/1/Christmas_with_the_Graysons Christmas with the Graysons]'' definitely counts.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic has plenty of WAFFy stories about Kim and either [[Official Couple|her sidekick Ron]] or [[Foe Yay|her nemesis Shego]], but the real nexus of Kim/Shego cutesiness is the artist [http://rinacat.deviantart.com/ Rinacat] and the [http://kimshego.deviantart.com/ #kimshego] group.
** [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Ack, my teeth! Fluoride, stat!]]
* The ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5761021/3/Iron_Man_Kindergarten_Adventures Iron Man Kindergarten Adventures] is a cute, fluffy fic in which the five year old main cast make friends with each other. [[Crack Fic|And then they fight Mothman]].
* The ''[[Ka Blam!]]'' story ''[[Troper Works/Goodbye June|Goodbye June]]'' is this crossed with [[Tear Jerker]]. But mostly this.
* Many fanfics set in the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Fanfic Recs|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] universe do a good job of this. Though a surprising number are also the exact opposite, putting warm-and-fuzzy characters through brutal situations.
** An excellent example of the former is ''[[Windfall (Fanfic)|Windfall]]'', about the wacky hijinks involved in the Elements of Harmony reuniting for the birth of Fluttershy's first foal.
** Another excellent example is ''[[The Light in The Darkness (Fanfic)|The Light in Thethe Darkness]]'', a fanfic regarded as so heartwarming, it is considered the [[Good Counterpart]] of [[Squick|the infamous]] ''[[Cupcakes (Fanfic)|Cupcakes]]''.
* [[Total Drama Island]] has a fair amount of these, a great deal done by the author [[Winter Rae]], who specializes in feel-good [[Fanon]] fics that are sweet and heartwarming, focusing on attraction and affection.
 
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