2014 was a year filled with fabulous, fictional love. There were weddings and near misses, proposals and first kisses. Let’s take a look back at the some of the romances this year that left us swooning.
April and Jackson elope – ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Jackson didn’t show up to his best friend’s wedding planning to ruin her big day, but after he stood up (and sat down… and stood up again…) to declare his love, the rest was history. April had a minor panic attack in their getaway car, but after airing out their concerns on a desolate mountain road, all it took was a look and a promise to decide that they would finally turn their ‘will-they-won’t-they’ friendship into ‘meant-to-be.’
Henry has grown accustomed to Eliza’s face – ‘Selfie’
The show that taught us to never settle for Plus-One status and always be our own VIP also brought us the fresh reminder that John Cho is actually pretty sexy when he’s not playing a killer demon zombie. In one of our favorite moments of the first season, he rides off on a majestic steed bathed in moonlight to make up with his fair lady, and Eliza for the first time realizes that she’s finally got her signal.
And while you’re swooning, go ahead and take a gander at the next episode where Eliza helps Henry get his game on. (The man knows a trick or two about wooing the ladies.) Now if only these two could get the chance to dance all night…
Danny and Riley share an almost-kiss in their treehouse – ‘Baby Daddy’
We’ve always known that Danny’s loved Riley since the moment she climbed into their treehouse as kids, but that she’s been pining over his brother for years. At the close of season 3, Riley and Ben are finally together after multiple seasons of missed chances and will-they-won’t-they’s, but it isn’t until Danny declares that he’s jetting off to Paris with his girlfriend that Riley realizes she just might be having feelings for her best friend. But she finally has everything she wants, doesn’t she? And Danny would never steal his brother’s girl…? Their almost-kiss in the season finale left us swooning, and after that cliffhanger, only season 4 will tell!
Steroline cuddles under the stars – ‘The Vampire Diaries’
These two have seen each other through thick and thin, and as platonic confidants, were often the only person the other could trust to be both brutally honest and faithfully loyal. The designated Mary Sue’s of their vampire friends, others count on them to remind everyone what the right choice is, but Stefan and Caroline count on each other to bring out that spark of humanity that keeps them grounded. Always seeing the best in each other, even through the bad times, until recently, their friendship has been easy, breezy, and dramz-free — a welcome departure from so many of the other angsty vamp love stories. Can you really blame her for having a thing for Stefan?
Rafael kisses Jane – ‘Jane the Virgin’
Maybe it’s all the baby hormones flooding our system, but we love watching these two fall in love. As a teen waitress and a millionaire playboy, five years ago Jane and Rafael shared a first kiss and a grilled cheese to remember. Their instant connection left them with some crazy chemistry, and now thrown together with a baby on the way, they’ve found that they bring out the best in one another. He believes she can be brave, and she believes he can be good, and despite the telenovela antics Jane the Virgin is grounded in, the heart of the show is revealed through the raw, realistic emotions that always shine through. “What if it’s meant to be?” Jane might be terrified of the answer, but we can’t wait to find out.
Barry confesses his love to Iris – ‘The Flash’
After realizing the Man in Yellow’s left him living his life in fear, Barry shocks us all with his Christmas confession to Iris. He doesn’t reveal that he’s the superhero she’s been swooning over for months, no, instead he makes himself vulnerable, confessing the secret he’s worked so hard to hide. He loves her now, and he always has, and right before he lets it all out, he hugs her once, just in case it’s the last time, because he knows that no matter what happens, things will never be the same. It’s heartbreaking and brave, and in the moment, a little too much for Iris to take in. But don’t give up hope yet, Barry! Fifty years of comics continuity decree she’ll come around.
Meryl and Maks’ freestyle – ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Carrie Ann Inaba called it, everyone: after pulling off a dance like that, these two should get married. The only real-life couple we shipped this year, Meryl and Maks brought their sizzling chemistry to the dance floor and left us swooning all season long, but their emotional freestyle in the season finale of Dancing with the Stars was the culmination of a weeks-long love story. Watching her flop around the dance floor like a beautiful little rag doll, in that moment within the competition, the dance felt so raw and real. Even Brandy was left sobbing in the stands!
Coming into the show, Meryl and Maks were two champions in their own right, but together, they made each other stronger, and proved hypnotizing to watch; her calming presence broke down his grizzly bear barriers, and his confidence let her feisty, fighting spirit shine.
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