#and ravi dating bobby's daughter...messy....bad idea....plus athena is terrifying...

[thirdwheelravi]

OKAY. I am a ravilucytaylor truther myself but I agree with you, it would be DELICIOUS storytelling.

I am picturing May and Ravi keeping their relationship under wraps initially (nice parallel to Bathena, + we know Buddie would/could never pull this off).

Then in stages, Bobby and Athena find out May is in a relationship again and it's Serious. They don't for a second consider the possibility this is someone they know. Athena insists on having this boy over for dinner ("Unless it's a girl?" May: "MOM" Athena: "What? You've told us nothing, I didn't want to assume!"). May doesn't want to, but eventually concedes when Athena says, "We'll have to meet this boy some time!" but May makes her and Bobby promise they will not grill this boy.

And then she shows up with Ravi. Who looks. Well. He's dressed nicely, and he's brought them flowers, and Bobby and Athena initially think it's a joke. That May brought Ravi because she didn't want them to meet her actual boyfriend yet (and Athena doesn't like that because she 100% wants to check his record lol).

Except. It's the soft way they look at each other, and May's hand in Ravi's and letting go so she can hug Athena but Ravi's fingers lingering in the air, and -

and then they have to have dinner together, and it's so awkward at first because Bobby realizes he doesn't actually know Ravi all that well, just bits and pieces, even after surviving an explosion at Ebola++ lab together. That he should know more, and here May is, who knows all these things, and about whom Ravi knows things Bobby and Athena don't, and it's weird, it's a moment of reflection, and then he pulls himself together at the same time Athena does, because what are they supposed to do? Their daughter's in love, and Ravi's a good guy, and they clearly make each other happy.

Of course, the next day at work, everyone asks Bobby how May's boyfriend is, what's his name, etc. Bobby starts stammering when Ravi just smirks and says, "He's awesome."

even better consider may dropping excuse after excuse for them NOT to meet him but accidentally giving away clues....he works weird hours....his job is kinda dangerous....bobby and athena do a classic crime solving team up to solve the mystery of Who Is May Seeing (Athena is convinced he's a drug dealer or something...)

Then in the midst of some emergency or other Ravi gets a little banged up and May rushes to his hospital bedside and awkwardly runs into HER PARENTS in the waiting room...