The two men had negotiated a relationship built around an unexpected personal affection and the real tension between their offices and roles.

Jax spoke with unexpected affection.

Many of the dreams New Yorkers are having link heightened fears of terrorism to everyday insecurities (the normal worries for which we now discover an unexpected affection).

And: "Karel sat down at the table, overcome with unexpected affection and sadness."

Holth nuzzled Moreta with unexpected affection as she bent her head to accept the neck strap, and Moreta gave her eye ridge a scrape.

KEVIN HILL wants "unforced, unexpected affection," or so he tells a lady in a bar, using pickup poetry so pure and fast-acting it ought to be banned like a date-rape drug.

Longstreet felt a rumble of unexpected affection.

Lessa laughed up at the gleaming eye and, with unexpected affection, patted the soft nose.

Modesty felt laughter and an unexpected affection for Lucy rising within her.

He felt the shuddering tension of Isambard's body pass into him, and was flooded with so unexpected and uncontrollable an affection that it loosed his tongue from all the restraints of ceremony.