It can be tough to be a shipper.
Your emotions are so closely tied to the lives of fictional characters.
Sometimes they’re happy.
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But a lot of times they’re not.
And yet, shippers gonna ship.
So, here are the moments from 2021 that gave our shipper hearts an infusion of joy.
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(Plus, Sam cashed in his once-a-year haircut from Isaac ahead of their first date!)
Jessica Derschowitz
Nick returns,Grey’s Anatomy
This one’s been a long time coming.
But by season’s end, she’d found her way back to Paxton.
Scott Speedman and Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.ABC
They’ve faced alien abductions, clones, Purgatory, and oh so much more.
Nevertheless, the entire ceremony was incredibly sweet, especially the two women’s vows.
They’ve come a long way since their contentious first meeting in season 3.
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Chancellor Agard
Kristen and David kiss,Evil
Nothing says romance quite like a murder confession.
Did it make us swoon?
Was it grammatically correct?
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Are we still waiting for a kiss?
Betty and Archie’s shower sex,Riverdale
All it took was a time jump!
The result was averysteamy shower scene.
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But no amount of water could put out the flame between these two longtime neighbors.
Alina and Alexander kiss,Shadow and Bone
Yes, General Kirigan a.k.a.
But is it wrong that I was bummed Alina didn’t learn the truth even like five minutes later?
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It ended far too soon!
Roy knocked this one out of the fing park.
it’s possible for you to keep your mix tapes; we want all the Roy Kent apology playlists.
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the two remained apart until a school field trip left them stranded at a gas station.
It might not sound romantic, but trust us, it was!
It was there, outside that empty gas station, that the couple finallylocked lips for the first time.S.H.
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Kelly and Stella get engaged,Chicago Fire
The unthinkable has happened!
And she said yes!
And thank goodness for that.
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In the end, it was a trip to Vegas that made Spencer realize how he felt.
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Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen, David Harewood as J’onn J’onzz, and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers on ‘Supergirl’.The CW
Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield on ‘Sex Education’.Netflix
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Skylar Astin and Jane Levy on ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’.Lionsgate TV
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