Times where the Love Interest decides that Love Cannot Overcome in Fan Works.
Crossovers
- In chapter 41 of In Flight, Rin states that this is the case in regards to her pride as a magus. It won't allow her to be part of anyone's harem or share Shirou with anyone other than Saber. Shirou himself mentions that to humans, love just isn't enough at times. To a distorted Love Freak like Musubi, who believes in the absoluteness of The Power of Love, it causes her great anger and confusion.
- In Narnia and the North, Sansa Stark and Peter Pevensie ultimately realize that no matter how much they grow to love each other, they will love their respective countries more. Also the time differential between Narnia and Westeros prevents a long-distance relationship, so they decide to break up.
- Super Fic Dominoes deconstructs the concept of superhero secrecy.
- Shinichi's father is an abusive Control Freak who recruits all of his son's friends as the Irregulars, convincing them to keep Shinichi Locked Out of the Loop 'for his own safety', even regarding things that directly involve him. When Shinichi inevitably finds out, he's more hurt by how this confirms that none of his 'friends' actually respect him as a person.
- Ran, in particular, was perfectly fine in letting The Masquerade keep her boyfriend isolated, even berating and shaming him for wanting to be treated like an equal and have the same privileges as the rest of them, all under the guise of 'keeping him safe'.
- Shinichi gives all of his friends the chance to demonstrate how much they care by having them promise to keep more appointments with him; they unintentionally do so by failing miserably. Ran then accidentally confirms her Condescending Compassion while trying to work things out; when she insists that she just wanted to keep him safe, he dumps her.
- Springtrap and Deliah: A platonic version. In the end no matter how hard Springtrap tries, his mental problems and anger issues keep getting in the way of his desire to be a good friend and father to Deliah. Both the Light and the Dark ending conclude the story with their friendly relationship ending, due to Springtrap realizing he can't be what Deliah needs him to be.
- The Vow: When all of Lianne's efforts to try reasoning with Shen fail, she becomes increasingly fearful that he is Beyond Redemption. The results of their night together leave her convinced that this is the case, and she attempts to leave, only to encounter Po.
- For His Own Sake: Keitaro realizing this is what drives the plot. He tried to put up with Naru's abuse and paranoia believing things would get better if he was there for Naru, but after three years of Naru and Motoko beating the shit out of him for being "perverted" (alongside all the other horrible things he endured from the Hinata Inn girls) he leaves the inn and dumps Naru before she ends up killing him.
- Le Papillon Rising: As much as she cares for Adrien, Marinette struggles to deal with his Sanity Slippage as he grows increasingly possessive of her, to the point that he's stalking and spying on her, trying to ensure she "stays in love with him". His actions ultimately drive her away. Ironically, however, Ladybug then starts a relationship of sorts with Papillon...
- Two Letters: After the new Ladybug convinces the public that Alya was trying to expose her Secret Identity so she could break an exclusive story on her Ladyblog, her reputation is ruined to the point that her own parents have to publicly denounce her just to keep their jobs. The Lahiffes, fearing that Nino will face Misplaced Retribution for being her boyfriend, move away from Paris. While the two try maintaining a Long-Distance Relationship, ultimately, they break it off.
- Naru-Hina Chronicles: Sakura makes it very clear to Sasuke that, no matter how many ways he makes her happy and how much she loves him, she could not and would not be with him if revenge consumed him again.
- Broken Legends: During the Delta Episode, Kiera is forced to use the Green Orb to save the day, knowing that it will likely mutate her the same way that Maxie and Archie were mutated by the Red and Blue Orbs. Following her transformation, her girlfriend Lisia is utterly horrified, breaking off their relationship out of fear that Kiera's mind will degrade alongside her body.
- A Pikachu in Love: As much as he loves Pichi, Pikachu can't get around the fact that in order to be with her, he'd have to leave Ash. Ultimately, he decides to remain with his trainer, leaving Pichi behind with a heavy heart.
