History Main / InappropriatelyCloseComrades

* In ''VideoGame/SEVENsCODE'', Yuito and his commander Mirai are explicitly dating one another, with the latter having the former sign a pledge so that she doesn't get charged with abuse of authority or sexual harassment. The relationship isn't explored in much detail due to taking a backseat to [[spoiler:[=HARZiNA=]'s Judgment plot]], but Mirai is shown to be [[ClingyJealousGirl pretty firm when she finds out that the corpse that Yuito found in the Terminal Core is that of a woman]].

* While they are not actually comrades ''per se'', [[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle and Kate Beckett]] have to hide their relationship from her boss, as regulations would force them to either break up or to have Castle stop working with the police. [[spoiler:As it turns out, their boss already knew, but chose to ignore it for plausible deniability, as she acknowledges that Castle is useful at helping.]]

* A sexual relationship between a doctor and a nursing sister is at the heart of the UK medical drama, ''Series/Bodies2004'', with its appropriateness (or lack thereof) addressed.

* A sexual relationship between a doctor and a nursing sister is at the heart of the UK medical drama, ''Series/{{Bodies}}'', with its appropriateness (or lack thereof) addressed.

* There's quite a lot of fraternization in the military of ''Film/StarshipTroopers''. Rico even turns down an offer from a squadmate only for the CO to tacitly encourage him to take her up on it. Of course, that's merely one of many symptoms of discipline that the Federation military is clearly shown to be lacking in.

* ''Series/ClassOf09'': Poet and Daniel see each other while they're both trainees at Quantico. Drew notes that, although not forbidden, this will [[DoubleStandard hurt Poet rather than Daniel]] if it goes wrong. They break up later, and Poet gets involved with Hour instead, even getting engaged to her, with no discernible repercussions.

* ''Series/ClassOf09'': Poet and Daniel see each other while they're both trainees at Quantico. Drew notes that, although not forbidden, this will [[DoubleStandard hurt Poet rather than Daniel]] if it goes wrong. They break up later, and Poet gets involved with Hour instead, even getting engaged to her, with no discernible repurcussions.

* This is the subject of the music video for the Reba [=McEntire=] and Vince Gill duet "The Heart Won't Lie," which involves feelings between a Navy cadet and her Marine drill instructor that are unable to be acted upon. It's implied to be due to fraternization rules, making the song a DistantDuet.

** Ava's rejection ends up driving Kayto into the arms of his chief engineer Chigara, who is technically a civilian, and by ''Sunrider Liberation Day'' they've become the OfficialCouple. [[spoiler:This also ends up impairing his judgment, as he refuses to consider even the possibility that Chigara might be a Prototype spy despite all the evidence suggesting otherwise and puts his blind faith in her, which does not end well.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'', Kayto Shields and Ava Crescentia had a close relationship as high school students. When they meet again twelve years later as captain and commander of the Sunrider, Ava refuses any and all attempts by Kayto to reignite their previous relationship, as is it against the rules and she fears that to do so would compromise his judgment. [[spoiler:Her fears can be confirmed during the Battle of Helion if the player refuses to let her manually fire the Sunrider’s damaged [[WaveMotionGun Vanguard Cannon]], sacrificing their one chance to finally destroy the PACT flagship Legion because the risk to her life is more than Kayto can bear.]]
** Ava's rejection ends up driving Kayto into the arms of his chief engineer Chigara, who is technically a civilian, and by ''Sunrider Liberation Day'' they've become the OfficialCouple. [[spoiler:This also ends up impairing his judgment, as he refuses to consider even the possibility that Chigara might be a Prototype spy despite all the evidence suggesting otherwise and puts his blind faith in her, which [[WhamEpisode does]] [[DemonicPossession not]] [[DiedInYourArmsTonight end]] [[DyingAsYourself well]].]]

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'': In addition to Haymitch and Effie's constant {{UST}} as they work to keep the kids under their care alive, Blight had a romantic entanglement with Gia Pepper and her three successors as District 7's escort, causing Caesar only to assign men to be District 7's escort.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Colonel Roy Mustang's assistant and bodyguard, First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, would probably be more than a comrade for him if not for the fact that they're both in the military and it would be forbidden.

Rules like this are pretty standard in military organizations unless they're only MildlyMilitary or the writers are using [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary Artistic License regarding military matters]]. (The relevant military word is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternization fraternization,]] although that term is much broader than most examples here, with some militaries banning ''any'' kind of social relationship between people at different levels in the same chain of command.) Non-military organizations which employ similar levels of discipline can also have this kind of rule. For relationships between people in less tightly controlled workplaces, which aren't necessarily prohibited, see OfficeRomance. If holding a certain job requires that you forgo ''all'' relationships (not just with colleagues), see VowOfCelibacy.

-->'''Mal:''' Shipboard romances complicate things.
-->'''Wash:''' For who? For you?
-->'''Mal:''' For everyone.
-->'''Wash:''' Well what about love?
-->'''Mal:''' I ain't against it as a rule. But in situations such as ours, tends to cause problems. It splits loyalties.
-->'''Wash:''' Know what I think? [...] This policy you got against shipboard relationships, that's just you projecting your own intimacy issues onto everyone else.

-->''There's all sorts of problems that can happen when two people in the same unit get together. Let's say your unit is in a tight spot. [...] Someone has to be left behind. You think it's going to be someone you're sleeping with? [...] I hope I never have to decide who lives and who dies. But if I have to, my decision can't be muddled up by magic-sparkly-hearts-and-stars feelings.''

-->--'''New York Times''', ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/28/us/pentagon-to-tighten-army-s-fraternizing-ban.html Pentagon to Tighten Army's Fraternizing Ban]]'' (July 28, 1998)

* In ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', Grid Battleforce forbids Rangers from being in relationships with each other. Blue Ranger Ravi insisted on breaking off his relationship with Roxy (the original Yellow Ranger candidate) for this reason. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] midway into the second season where Zoey (the current Yellow Ranger) and Nate (the Gold Ranger) have been secretly dating way before then and Commander Shaw concludes that the Ranger's bonds are one of the reasons that they always succeed so she drops the restriction,

* In ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', Grid Battleforce forbids Rangers from being in relationships with each other. Blue Ranger Ravi insisted on breaking off his relationship with Roxy (the original Yellow Ranger candidate) for this reason. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] midway into the second season where Zoey (the current Yellow Ranger) and Nate (the Gold Ranger) are dating and Commander Shaw sees that the Ranger's bonds are one of the reasons that they always succeed so she drops the restriction,

* In ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', Grid Battleforce forbids Rangers from being in relationships with each other. Blue Ranger Ravi insisted on breaking off his relationship with Roxy (the original Yellow Ranger candidate) for this reason.