Currently thinking about how Lup and Barry might have had to fake date during the cycles to infiltrate a specific community
And, after months of acting like a couple around the foreigners and in private trying to stay professional because neither of them can deal with the high stakes pining even though acting as a couple is so effortless, something happens
A wrong step and everything seems to crash down
Someone lunges towards Lup’s back, and Barry does the incredibly stupid and reckless thing of jumping in front of the sword
They both know that they’re going to see each other soon, but, that doesn’t stop Lup’s heart from clenching at the sight of the human crumbling to the ground