fondness.

Helen, she knew quite well, still saw Franklin, pleasantly and clearly, as drab-colour, still, it was probable, saw him as funny; but it was evident that Helen had come to feel fond of him, if anything so detached could be called fondness.

Franklin Kane Anne Douglas Sedgwick 1904

I doubt he'd ever in his life lain down with anyone for whom he had not felt some kind of fondness.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972