Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response to a stressfull situation where the victim, despite the ordeal they are put through by the victimiser, shows signs of loyalty towards them. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their hostage-takers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal.

In badfic, particularly hurt/comfort fics, the syndrome often occurs but is rarely named such. A typical case of Stockholm syndrom would be where one character rapes another character after which they fall in love.