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* The web manga ''The Apothecary Will Make This Battered Elf Happy'' is built around this trope. A doctor buys a dying elf girl from a slave merchant, in hopes of healing her and helping her return to her home. While he does succeed in saving her life (though two of her limbs prove to be unsalvageable and have to be replaced with prosthetics), in the end, she decides to stay with him rather than return to her home, and the two get married.

* In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Kirche fell in love with [[spoiler:Mr. Colbert]] while nursing him back to health. He, on the other hand, finds her affection [[AbhorrentAdmirer embarrassing and disturbing]].

* In ''Literature/No6'', Shion and Nezumi meet when Nezumi breaks into Shion's house with a gunshot wound when they're both 12 years old. Shion patches up his wound and gives him food and shelter despite Nezumi being a wanted criminal. Shion immediately develops a crush on Nezumi that eventually becomes love when they meet again.
* A ''very'' messed-up variation in ''Literature/Overlord2012''. Part of [[VillainousPrincess Princess Renner]]'s plan to take back the capital from Jaldabaoth involves sending [[UndyingLoyalty Climb]] to rescue civilians, knowing that he will likely be injured and die, which gives her the chance to use [[BackFromTheDead resurrection magic]] on Climb. But with the [[ResurrectionSickness penalties that resurrection magic provides]], someone will need to take care of him when he comes back, [[{{Yandere}} and who better than the girl who tragically sent him out on that suicide mission in the first place?]] [[spoiler:Fortunately, Climb makes it through the mission alive.]]

* Happened in the backstory of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' between [[spoiler:King and Diane]]. The young giantess found the amnesiac fairy boy collapsed near a river. She then took care of him until he got his memory back and they fell in love.
* Subverted in ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess'' with [[spoiler:Tiara]] tending to [[spoiler:Graham]]'s wounds. [[spoiler:He goes in for the kiss, but is ultimately denied.]]
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'':
** In the Alicization arc, this ends up happening [[spoiler: to Alice Synthesis Thirty when Kirito is put in a catatonic state after defeating the Administrator and suffering severe brain damage due to Glowgen Defense Systems' assault on the Ocean Turtle. Spending six months taking care of a completely invalid patient led to her developing intense feelings for him. It is so strong that when Kirito's in-game wife/real-life girlfriend Asuna enters the Underworld simulation, she has an [[ClingyJealousGirl immediate hostile reaction to Alice]] when the subject of him comes up. It should be noted that although Kirito has lots of [[ChickMagnet female admirers]], Alice is the ''only'' one Asuna had such a strong reaction to.]]
** In the same arc, a boy named Takashi dives into the Underworld along with the other Japanese VRMMORPG players to help fight, and encounters an Underworldian girl named Frenica, who is acting as a healer for the Human Guardian Army. She heals him, and he is instantly infatuated with her, and the two express a mutual desire to see each other again after the war.

* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' fanfic series [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/31073?hide_banner=true Chaos]], [[spoiler:Will Ingram's fiance, who he meets while he's away, turns out to be a government agent assigned to protect him. Once they're safely back in the States, she tells him the truth, whereupon he says he doesn't want to see him. Problem is, he's not safe yet, and she's still got feelings for him. She ends up saving his life, as herself, and Finch suggests that to avoid this trope they don't communicate for several months. Several months later, they're still interested. Despite the fact that he initially knows almost nothing about her and she knows almost everything about him, it still works out.]]

* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak'' it is very obvious that this has happened with serial rapist VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog, who is obsessed with Doctor Amy, and she is fond of him in return. It's rather creepy, especially when he threatens to rape her, and then begs her to leave because she's not safe from him, and then begs her ''not'' to leave. He's highly protective of her, in a rather rapey way.
** Sonic and Amy as well, with them having graphic sex while he's handcuffed to an infirmary bed. Ironically unlike Shadow, Sonic ''is'' taking advantage of Amy's vulnerable emotional state by showing sympathy, albeit not maliciously.

* ''Film/TheNotebook'''s Allie meets Lon (technically her SecondLove) while nursing him back to health after he's injured in World War 2.

* Kerowyn and Eldan in ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar By the Sword]]'' more or less begin their romance by patching one another up, which Kero [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in the process.

* Discussed in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''...

* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' finds Rachel in the locker room with a twisted ankle. He gives her a massage and also has the option of going down on her, rekindling their romance.

** In the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', talking to a certain {{NPC}} in Baron reveals that the parents of [[TheMedic Rosa Farrell]] were [[BattleCouple a White Mage and Fighter pair]] in Baron's military who fell in love on the battlefield. Note that she repeats the pattern: She's a WhiteMage, Cecil's a [[KnightInShiningArmor Paladin]]. Their quest to defeat Golbez, and then Zemus, cements their love. They produce [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears Ceodore]], a [[WhiteMagic White]] MagicKnight.

* The ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' character Sakura secretly wants to invoke the trope, [[spoiler:a desire that her Shadow twists to {{Yandere}} levels]]. Since she hasn't confessed her feelings, caring for Shirou would be a rare opportunity to have his undivided attention (in fact, they first met because he needed help dealing with a shoulder injury) and a respite from worrying about his self-destructive habits. Unfortunately (?), when a scene of this kind actually happens in the ''Heaven's Feel'' route, the two are largely distracted by other things and it doesn't permanently stop Shirou's behaviour.
** In a ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' scene, Shirou cares for Rin when she falls ill. Other than the usual fanservice of the trope, it also establishes that [[IneffectualLoner Rin]] has grown enough as a character to rely on someone else.

See also TheWoobie, which is what the patient may be to the audience and to the nurse. Also compare WeaknessTurnsHerOn. If the character giving the first aid is not actually good at it, it's NurseWithGoodIntentions. Possibly contrast LimaSyndrome (though it might overlap if [[VillainousMedicalCare the captor tends to the captive's wounds]]).

* Kerowyn and Eldan in ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'''s ''By the Sword'' by Creator/MercedesLackey more or less begin their romance by patching one another up, and Kero [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] in the process.

* Your first patient, Rue, is one of the eight {{Love Interest}}s in ''VideoGame/PotionPermit''.

* Subverted in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. Nurse Alita Tiala falls for gangster Wocky Kitaki, but [[spoiler:only because she knows that the injury he's in the clinic for--a gunshot wound to the chest--is going to kill him eventually. The doctor is even covering up its inoperable nature to avoid repercussions, instead claiming he operated successfully on the wound. So she's looking to marry him just to get her hands on the family's criminal fortune when Wocky croaks.]]

See also TheWoobie, which is what the patient may be to the audience and to the nurse. Also compare WeaknessTurnsHerOn. If the character giving the first aid is not actually good at it, it's NurseWithGoodIntentions. Possibly contrast LimaSyndrome (though it might overlap if the captor [[VillainousMedicalCare tends to the captive's wounds]]).

See also TheWoobie, which is what the patient may be to the audience and to the nurse. Also compare WeaknessTurnsHerOn. If the character giving the first aid is not actually good at it, it's NurseWithGoodIntentions. Possibly contrast LimaSyndrome (though it might overlap if the captor tends to the captive's wounds).

Maybe it's that they're [[WheelchairWoobie so cute when they're helpless]]. Maybe it's that we really want to feel loved and protected when we're vulnerable. First aid is intimate. You have to lean in to pat a cut eyebrow with Dettol-soaked cotton wool gently. Narrowly escaping a life-threatening situation gives the scene extra zing.

** In 2x1, Pete, Chaya, and Taylor treat a bull-rider named Cameron for a possible head injury, which he laughs off while blatantly hitting on Taylor. He becomes the "bad boy" in a BettyAndVeronica-style LoveTriangle with her boyfriend Darren for the rest of the season.

Named for the famous nurse Florence Nightingale, although she herself never fell victim to this and if anything, would have been shocked by such an abuse of patient rights. Psychologists just [[SmallReferencePools couldn't think of a better doctor or nurse]], thus proving once and for all that tropers aren't the only ones who choose TropeNamers that [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample aren't examples of the trope]].

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' sees Doc Brown [[ConversationalTroping pointing out]] the trope. Marty is hit by a car and nursed by the teenage version of his mother Lorraine. This results in her developing a crush on him. In the original version of the timeline, that was how Lorraine fell in love with his father George, and Marty must SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, or else he'll be erased from existence.
** The film offers a {{deconstruction}} of the concept, since in the original timeline (where this trope was the ''only'' reason George and Lorraine got together), their marriage is shown to be rather rocky. Marty's work to repair the timeline includes building George's self-confidence and assertiveness, and he unintentionally encourages Lorraine to be honest with herself instead of repressing everything. As a result, when Marty [[CloseEnoughTimeline returns to 1985]], George and Lorraine are shown to be HappilyMarried since their relationship has a much more solid foundation.

-->-- '''Doc Brown''', ''Film/BackToTheFuture''

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' sees Doc Brown [[ConversationalTroping pointing out]] the trope. Marty is hit by a car and nursed by the teenage version of his mother Lorraine. This results in her developing a crush on him. In the original version of the timeline, that was how Lorraine fell in love with his father George, and Marty must SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, or else he'll be erased from existence.

* In Robertson Davies' ''Literature/FifthBusiness'', the hero Dunstan becomes involved with one of the nurses attending him while he's in an army hospital. Disturbingly, his stated reason for not wanting to marry her is that he doesn't want [[OedipusComplex another mother figure in his life]].

* Invoked in the Gerudo Town's "Voe and You" dating class in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' where one Gerudo woman named Risa says that if she had found an injured Voe (male Hylian) on the ground she'd bring him back home secretly and nurse him back to health... to which the instructor Ashai says is basically kidnapping (not to mention the Voe are banned from Gerudo town to make the Gerudo go out and explore Hyrule).