fairy-tale ending

A perfectly ideal ending or resolution (to something), as if it had been written for a fairy tale. The championship victory is a fairy-tale ending for a team that just last year was ranked last in the league. Unfortunately, fairy-tale endings aren't guaranteed in the real world, and our own love story ended in heartbreak. A: "Does any couple on a soap opera get a true fairy-tale ending?" B: "Only if the actors leave the show together. If they stick around, they're inevitably going to be involved in drama."