#main quest

Writing prompt/character dynamic/plot thing but I LOVE it when you have the Big Main Plot and the MC and their love intrest just, sometimes literally, gets rammed by Side Quest that comes out of nowhere. This is when the Side Quest physically/geographically separates these two from the rest of the Team and they have to spend days/weeks navigating through Side Quest trying to get back to the Main Plot to defeat Big Villain. And these two are on their own for days on end with only each other for company so they slowly get to know each other better, their dynamic gets more fleshed out, and there's real Trust built through life threatening fights where they only have each other to rely on. Bonus points if the love intrest is a former enemy and they're still on the tentative allies part of enemies to friends to lovers. And you can especially see how different their dynamic is when they finally reunite with the Team and it's so clear how different they are before and after Side Quest. Side Quest isn't the part where they get together but it's one of the main moments in the plot where they spend a considerable amount of time together alone and their dynamic gets time to actually explore and grow and they become friends.