Citations:fictophilia

Noun: "(neologism) sexual and/or romantic attraction to fictional characters"

 * 2021, Veli-Matti Karhulahti & Tanja Välisalo, "Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters", Frontiers in Psychology, January 2021:
 * The fear of being ridiculed, considered abnormal, or even abandoned by other humans can make fictophilia a solitary experience.