#secret romance prompts

[miakate-writes]

ahhh i love ur prompts! how about forbidden romance?

Forbidden romance prompts 🥀💜

"you know i didn't mean what i said earlier" "i know"

"what if someone sees?"

"keep quiet"

"you can't tell anyone about this"

"i missed you"

"do you think they noticed?"

"are they onto us?"

"we need to be apart for a while"

"i can't stand being away from you" "we have no choice, love"

"have they been asking questions"

"meet me tonight"

"our spot at 7"

"need you tonight"

[urfriendlywriter]

forbidden love prompts:

(feel free to use <3 credits are appreciated :) do tag when you write since i love love reading all ur pretty drabbles:))

you're in their arms, hearts strumming together, inches away from giving in, when they look at you and ask, "breaking the rules for one night is no sin, right?"

"why are you giving me that smirk, princess?" amused, you move in closer, swirl closer in their embrace, moving to the music. " I like you more than my urge to hate you, how wonderful is that? "

"Why do you keep ignoring me?" "Why are you obsessed with me?" "..oh "

"i know you will behead me for this but i don't care." and then they proceed to pull you into a kiss, hands roaming all over your body

"do you regret last night? do you-" "Yes, I do. It shouldn't have happened!" "You know what I regret? Thinking you could ever love me, truly."

"as long as i get to hold you close, I'm not afraid." "i love you, no matter how this ends up."

"we can't-" "no, sweetheart. You can't. I'm wearing my heart out in the sleeves for you, and you're.. throwing it away. every time. I'm sorry, but please, please do not--ever regret this. I'll be gone. forever."

"i can't lose you.. not you too" "aren't you the one pushing me away?"

"YES, Okay? I admit. yes, I am in love with you. But I can't.. love you."

"why are they always around you?" "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HAHA"

"you have got to stop being obvious, bro??" "excuse me?? I'm trying my level best. you're blindingly.. beautiful. hard not to stare at."

"your dad's sitting right there, what do you think he'll think of us?" "..... you have a death wish, love?"

"I'm sorry I'm putting you through this." the angst mygodf

[youneedsomeprompts]

~ MORE THAN FRIENDS ~ FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS PROMPTS

requested by: anonymous

Feel free to use and reblog!

secret eye contact when others are around

having a long history of being best friends

having certain things that trigger the romantic side of their relationship

being 'just' friendly most of the time until it culminates into a steamy romance session every so often

*heavily breathing* "But we're just friends, right?"

not telling their other friends because they don't want destroy the harmony of their friend group

staying behind purposefully to have one-on-one time with the other

"Do you think they can tell?" "No. Why would they? We're being totally normal." (bonus: they're not being normal at all)

making promises about their friendship but not about their romance

"Of course, I'll be there for you forever!" "As a friend?" "Yes, as a friend."

struggling to explain their relationship to others

"No! We're NOT dating!"

feeling like only the other understands every aspect of them

avoiding to think about the future

valuing their friendship too high to risk it for a serious relationship

"Do you ever wish for something else?" "No, it's perfect."

never having been on a date together but knowing each other inside out

"I love you. As a friend!"

^^ in response: *mockingly* "Yeah. Or are you falling for me?"

being scared to make the next move because everything is fine the way it is

[novelbear]

”shh, i have a secret” dialogue prompts

prompt list by @novelbear

"oh, you don't know yet?"

"i can't tell you, are you crazy?"

"no, they trusted me with that. they'll tell you when they're ready."

"you wouldn't believe what i just heard."

"you knew?"

"i feel like i should tell you...i feel wrong keeping this from you."

"they told me not to say anything to anyone. so you better keep your mouth shut."

"i'm only telling you because you deserve to know."

"what's wrong? something's eating you up inside, i can tell."

"what did they just tell you?"

"why are you laughing?" "because you're so obvious..."

"everyone knows you can't keep a secret."

"and i'm not telling you!"

"wait, don't tell me. i don't think i want to know."

"look, if keeping this is going to hurt someone, i really think you should say something."

"okay fine, don't tell me. i don't care."

"you didn't hear this from me, alright?"

"you've been acting weird, what's up?"

"they said that about me?" "i swear, word for word. i wouldn't lie."

"i can't hold this in anymore."

"i'm so sick of everyone pressuring me for answers!"

"that's all i know...i promise."

"i'm so sorry you had to find out this way."

[scealaiscoite]

*ೃ༄ secret relationship prompts ˚◞♡ ⃗

— “just one more hug before you leave? please?”

— “do you ever think about what life would be like for us if things were different?”

— “i think if i was able to touch you in public, i’d never let go.”

— “you know you’re the only one i want to be with.”

— “we shouldn’t be doing this. not now, not here.”

— “i couldn’t kiss you all day! let me make up for it now.”

— “wait- what if someone sees?!”

— “i don’t love you any less just because no one else can see it.”

— “i think about it a lot. what our first date would look like.”

— “i was so worried. it was killing me, not being able to reach out and touch you.

— “i don’t know how much longer i can keep doing this.”

— “but nobody knows us here! can we please go out?”

— “i can’t believe we’re finally doing this.”

— “just one kiss, please!”

— “don’t forget how much i love you.”

[celestialwrites]

secret dating, writing prompts (+ some dialogue!)˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

@celestialwrites for more.

♡holding hands underneath tables, where no one can see

♡sneaking in and out of each others houses early in the morning/late at night

♡“i missed you.” “you just saw me,” “yes, but i missed holding you.”

♡stumbling into empty rooms to sneak a kiss

♡dancing alone in empty rooms

♡“what are you doing?!” “isn’t it obvious? we’re sneaking out.” “alright but put me down!!”

♡sneaking off to balconies where no one can see you

♡funny fake names in your contacts so no one knows who you’re texting

♡slipping each other notes when no one is looking

♡“are…you climbing out of a window? “are you coming?”

♡trying to conceal your blush when they whisper something in your ear so no one notices

♡resting their hand on your thigh under a table

♡sprinting home just so you can hug them after a long day

♡kissing their forehead in a closeted room to give them a vote of confidence before you both have to leave

♡ ‘disguising’ yourself in an airport so you can run up to your s/o

♡they lightly graze your arm or leg when walking by in hallways, just to send a tingle down your spine

♡“if i can’t kiss you here…could we sneak up to the supply closet on floor 9?”

requests are open<3

[cosmophoriia]

"shh.. its our secret" : secret relationship. 𝜗𝜚

ღ request from: @inlovewithpandora. can you write a prompt/dialogue list (maybe throw in a few scenarios if you can) where Characters are in a secret relationship? Maybe it’s because of family, they’re both in different social classes, or they just wanna keep things lowkey for now before telling everyone. Feel free to do whatever you want and even go off script (I’m not picky) ik I’ll love whatever you come up with!

character a & b pretending they hate each other when around friends but when alone they show just how much they love each other.

^”i could never date them, they’re so annoying.” “what was that about me being annoying?” character a questioned as they raised an eyebrow.

“you’re going to get us caught.” “just a quick kiss, no one will see.”

“is it bad that we’re doing this?” “what do you mean?” “keeping this from all our friends and family.”

“we will tell everyone in our own pace.”

their parents not liking each other but character a and b not letting it stop them from dating.

“i think they might be onto us.”

“they definitely know.”

“did you ever think that we would ever be together like this?”

“fuck who sees, i need to kiss you right now.”

while having dinner with character b’s parents, character a place their hand on b’s thigh under the table.

^”what do you think you’re doing?” character b ask as they shoot a glare at character a who have a smirk playing on their lips. “relax they won’t notice.”

^”i’ve been craving to touch you all night.” character a says once they reach inside b’s apartment, not even having a chance to lock the door properly as they pull b close to them and kiss them.

“i’m glad we kept this to ourselves.”

“don’t you think it’s time to let people know?”

“how do you think people will take the news of us being together?”

“you need to tell them to stop flirting with you.” “ooo is someone jealous?”

“i’m running out of excuses, i think we gotta come clean.”

“i don’t care for your social status, i just want you.”

character c seeing through all character b’s lies and actually finding out that b and a are dating each other.

[chenuaswriting]

secret relationship situations

by @chenuaswriting

(feel free to change the pronouns!! in my lovergirl era gdshuajd)

'coincidentally' wearing matching fits

holding hands under the table

people keep on flirting with him but it's okay, he's gonna come home to me anyway

secretly pulling them in a dark corner/room (ikykwim)

dude/bro but romantically

"I think our friends are getting a little suspicious of why we're hanging out all the time."

accidentally calling them 'babe' and playing it off by being sarcastic

"oh my god can the both of you please stop acting like a couple?" "as if we aren't." "WHAT?"

"so suspicious, why are you guys teaming up?"

"i kind of don't want us to be a secret anymore,"

[corvase]

secret relationship prompts

feel free to use :)

why are they a secret couple? is it because they’re scared of what people think or because they’re doing something they shouldn’t? and if it’s the latter do they get repercussions or is them doing something they shouldn’t rewarded by you, the author?

whispered convos in passing

the built up tension being let out once they finally get time alone

“are you sure about this?”

“are we doing the right thing?”

“why don’t you want to tell anyone about us?”

“i want to be enough for you.” “you are, okay? but this is different.”

meeting at the end of their classes in a deserted hallway to share a quick kiss

“i’m never going to be the person you’d take home to your parents, am i?”

what if one wants to become public and how does the other respond to that?

“how long are we going to do this?”

“shhh.” i will let u interpret that dialogue how u wish

“i just need ten minutes of your time before class.” “i’ll give you five.” “five works.”

“i don’t need anything else. i don’t care if no one knows, as long as you’re mine.”

who asked who to be secret?

[questionableboi]

While I like the cliche of someone getting found out in their lie/miscommunication, I love the idea of choice more.

Story starts with character A lying to character B, usually with very good reasons or hiding a part of themselves, like superhero’s in movies hiding their identities.

However most of the time I see character B walking in or overhearing something they shouldn’t and finding out, which while provides a lot of angst on both sides, I adore the internal struggle of Character A fighting an internal battle of “should I tell Character B? What if they hate me?” And taking the risk cause they’re worth it.

I feel as though “being in the wrong place wrong time” pulls the consent of choosing to tell character B away because that can be rather beautiful or angsty. With character A putting everything on the table and character B can choose to accept them or reject them. It’s all about choice

That goes especially for facades or pretending.

E.g. being Character A is pretending to be someone they’re not because of trauma or something. The “I see right through that” is cute, but what if character B 100% falls for it hook line and sinker?

You can write character A to heal from the trauma slowly with or without realizing it, and it just hits them one day that they WANT to be themselves around character B. They WANT that intimacy to be towards them and not the facade they put up.

Then they can go spiral about if they should tell character B or not.

If they do, character B has a choice of either accepting them or pack their bags.

It’s about the idea of choice. Instead of character B wondering “would you have told me if I didn’t find out?” Character A chooses character B. Character B can choose character A right back.

And I think that’s more romantic.

[anitalenia]

𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙍𝙀𝙏 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙏𝙔 ⋆⭒˚｡⋆‎♡‧₊˚

꒰ঌ definition ໒꒱ ˏˋ°•*⁀➷   𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡𝘩𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 / 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝘩𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ below you will find sub genres under this category, as well as some useful pairings for this trope. for educational writing purposes <3

note: several of these can also be used in other tropes as well, just depends on how you write it and interpret it.

₊˚⊹.* ♡ let’s start with the obvious, person A is a superhero and person B is completely oblivious

₊˚⊹.* ♡ a villain needing to hide their true self to avoid being caught

₊˚⊹.* ♡ secret admirer (can be a best friend, co-worker, etc)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is rich and hides that fact from person B so they’re not taken advantage of

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is actually undercover (can be for a case, cop au possibly)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is in witness protection

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A started a new life because of their dark past (changed name, town, etc.)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is a celebrity where they come from, but moved somewhere where no one knows who they are

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is hiding who they really are to protect person B

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is really a higher being (angel, deity, something divine) sent to earth for various reasons (to pass on a message, complete a task, protect person B without giving themselves away)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is extremely powerful and mysterious and no one knows who they are (i.e. mystogan from fairy tail, black knight trope)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ a person of royalty (king, prince) has abandoned their royal duties and left on the side of the road like a common beggar (can be because they didn’t want that life, there was a mutiny, etc.) — they’re found by a group of people or a person who have no idea who they really are

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A stumbles upon a powerful object that gives them magic / powers when they wear it (i.e. the mask)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A only looks a certain way during a specific time of day — they transform back into their original form at night / at sunrise (fiona from shrek, cinderella)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is incredibly poor but mistaken for someone else in a bizarre twist of luck — taken into the rich home to carry out the duties of the original person because no one is the wiser

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is a thief / good liar and never shows their true colors until they fall in love with person B

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is a common criminal taken under the wing of a generous prince who falls for their beauty — revealed at the end that person A was never who they thought they were (doesn’t have to end bad, they can reconcile)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ bouncing off that idea, person A is a criminal sent to kill / rob person B, a royal. person A assumes a fake persona to gain their trust but ends up falling in love with person B and can’t finish out the task

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A faked their own death before moving away

₊˚⊹.* ♡ in a dystopian kind of setting where person A belongs to a group of people not accepted by society, so they must hide that part of themselves to stay alive

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is ashamed of what their real name is associated with (toxic family life, weird past, etc.) so they lie to person B

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A must lie to cover for someone else (seen in movies where person A’s friend, person B, doesn’t show up for a date so person A must fill in for them, then when the date shows up they think person A is person B) — can be used in other ways ofc

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is doing intel on a certain group of dangerous people and must fit in or they’ll die

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is the maid of the princess and has no choice but to take her place when the princess disappears — person A has to temporarily take care of royal duties and ends up falling in love with the prince the princess was set to marry

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is under the protection (doesn’t have to be protection) of whoever, so very few people know their real identity but they end up falling in love with person B anyway — points if the people who know their real identity say it can never happen / not end well if person B knew who person A really was

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A must wear their mask at all times but person B fell for them anyway (darth vader, the mandalorian, ghost from cod)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is a shapeshifter and assumes multiple identities all the time anyway

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A time travels to the past or future to stop someone from doing something and must gain person B’s trust

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is a demon in disguise to bring person B to hell / make them hold up their end of the deal — obviously ends with love periodt

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is actually an angel meant to help person B come to terms with their own death, but ends up trying to save person B’s life

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is the doppelgänger of person B and uses it to their advantage (katherine from tvd)

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is using a cloaking spell to disguise themselves as person B for whatever reason

₊˚⊹.* ♡ person A is the twin of person B who is much more important and has to take their place — ends up falling for person B’s love interest

₊˚⊹.* ♡ similar to that person A and person B are long lost twins with drastically different lives — they switch places to live the others life and falls in love with their respective love interest (the parent trap, the princess switch)

[dolores-hazy]

I just want to be loved. Loved innocently, dirty, rough, passionate, intimately. I want to make someone feel the wildfire love for me that I feel for them. I want to be someone's wow

I can never be satiated with mere crumbs

I've gotten by on them for too long

Trying to deny the craving for more

It's not enough and I can't convince myself

I'm even close to feeling full

No more wishy-washy wastrels who

Use me like a bad excuse

Done with the dullards wearing me out

With their demands and decrees

Can't keep concealing my hurt

At disinterest creeping toward ghostly

Connections discontinued

No I carry too much fire inside me

For sparks not to fly every time

My lover looks into my eyes

I bubble over with such warmth and care

That reciprocal chemistry must

Be there where it's hard to resist

Showering me with kisses and

Wanting to give me unending bliss

Knowing I want to give this and all that

Makes love worthwhile to the one

Who sees it within me and decides

I'm the journey and destination they

Need to be

[urfriendlywriter]

Secret Dating Prompts:

(feel free to use! 3rd and 5th prompt, tag meee if you writeee it I'd love to readd)

"I like you." A mumbles, almost scared to admit. B absently reaches for A's hand on the railing, a smile forming on their lips. "Can we really do this? Nobody must know-" A throws B's hands on their shoulders, pulling them by their waist. "You and I know, and I think that's--that's more than enough, love."

A keeps biting their lips and B's had enough. They pull A into an empty room, shutting the door and pressing A against it. Outside the door were their families. "Scream and let everyone know who you belong to or keep it hush, baby."

When A and B are pushed into the dance circle, they dance together. A swirls B in their arms, dipping them and bringing them back in a tighter embrace. "Do you think they'll notice if I sneak a kiss?"

"We can't be together, A. You'll end up getting hurt." "I'm with you because I choose to be. Don't you have trust in us?"

A and B starts getting a bit hot in the store-room. When the door suddenly swings open, revealing B's mother, B throws a tomato at A and snaps, "Gosh, I hate him/her!" before walking out with an eye roll. The mother is, well, not suprised.

"When do you want to reveal about us?" "Whenever you want to, my love."

A notices B being sad and immediately asks them what's going on. B takes A's hands in theirs, placing a kiss on top of A's knuckles, B says, "I'm sorry you're hiding us from the people you care about." A's heart is being stolen by B's love and A is a melting poodle, "I'm willing to wait for you, my love."

A tucks B's hair behind their ear, as B cuddles closer to A, and sighs. "Should we.. become official?" A's eyes softens, as they place a kiss on B's head, "I'll love that, baby."

[youneedsomeprompts]

~ FORBIDDEN LOVE ~ PROMPTS about secret dating

requested by: various anons requests: I saw the "Forbidden Love" prompts, mostly about not admitting to themselves / each other, and it really made me yearn for forbidden love prompts where they're together but they have to hide it from everyone else; one sided “keeping a relationship hidden from coworkers”; can you post prompts about two oblivious people who are already dating but the other people don't know they're dating? dialogues or scenarios would do<3 thank you and love your prompt contents!

Feel free to use and reblog!

Part 1: ~ FORBIDDEN LOVE ~ PROMPTS about confessing a forbidden crush Part 2: ~ FORBIDDEN LOVE ~ PROMPTS about showing love without confessing

Setting/scenario:

#1 - keeping it secret at first because they didn't think it would turn into something that serious anyway #2 - enjoying the thrill of the secrecy #3 - being unsure whether that nervous feeling in their stomach is coming from their feelings for the other or the fact the relationship has to be kept a secret #4 - it's killing them that they have no one they can share their thoughts about their new relationship with #5 - making up the most random excuses to secretly meet up with the other #6 - screaming internally because they're having a date but they can't talk about it #7 - trying to act casual and unsuspicious in public when they're together but it's so hard #8 - teasing the other because they know how hard it is for them to keep their affection/arousal to themselves #9 - making promises that they don't have to keep it secret for much longer (but is it really realistic?) #10 - developing a method to communicate in code #11 - keeping it secret to protect the other #12 - keeping it secret until better times come #13 - making up for keeping it secret by extremely romantic/spoiling dates when they're alone #14 - wanting to fix everything before making the other their official s/o #15 - finding it the least stressful way to date to just keep it secret #16 - enjoying their little, happy secret because that way, no one can ruin it/take it from them #17 - it's like living in two completely separate worlds because their relationship is something that just exists between the two of them and the time together is always otherworldly #18 - wanting to stay in their happy dream world forever #19 - making plans for the future together, even though they don't know where they will be tomorrow #20 - they're keeping the other's love letters hidden under their pillow even though they know how risky it is

Dialogue:

#21 - "You're the most precious thing to me. So, I have to keep you as safe as possible." #22 - "Ah, I'm glad to have you finally to myself." #23 - "When I'm with you, it's like the earth stood still. I'm never so at peace." #24 - "You know, I really don't want to imagine what would happen if the others knew." #25 - "We have to be more careful. This was really a close call." #26 - "Do you really think it's necessary we keep it secret for much longer?" #27 - "I'm doing this for you. You're much better off when the others don't know." "You always say that. But I'm not sure if I still believe it." #28 - "It's not ideal but hell would break lose if it came out. I'm really glad we have the moments of peace. And intimacy." #29 - "Could you have imagined that we would someday end up like this?" #30 - "You're the best that happened to me. And I can tell no one about it. But I want to shout it from the rooftops." "Oh, you better don't. But you can always whisper it to my ear." #31 - "Isn't it fun to have this secret?" #32 - ^ "That's one way to call it." #33 - "I was really impressed how you handled that earlier. So cool. So smooth. So casual. As if I hadn't just made you whimper and made your eyes roll back minutes prior." #34 - "It's all worth it. I would risk it all again just to be with you." #35 - "Do you really think this is a good idea? They could find us." #36 - "You'll be the death of me." #37 - "To be honest, it's pretty funny to see you acting so unfazed and oblivious when we both know you were still thinking about me being naked." #38 - ^ "I always think about you being naked. It's not as if it's a new challenge to keep a straight face." #39 - "But you do know that I'm doing this all for you, right? Otherwise, I couldn't care less." "But you have to act as if you were in for the thing itself. They cannot connect you to me." #40 - "One day, I will carry you off to a place where it's just us. So, be prepared to be kindly abducted one day, alright?"

[novelbear]

behind closed doors - secret relationship prompts

prompt list by @novelbear

"you are not supposed to be here yet! my family isn't leaving until another hour from now!"

making a game over who can find the most discreet date spots

holding hands under tables when hanging out with friends/family

^ (or even if that's too risky) lightly placing their shoe over the others' and swinging it back and forth

"shit, we fell asleep!" "what do i do??" "just...i don't know, go out through the back. i'll go down and figure something out."

buying matching jewelry/clothes/etc. and just taking the "it's a symbol of our friendship" excuse to its extreme

one accidentally wearing the other's hoodie out in public and panicking when someone either notices or catches on

^ "hey, [name] has a hoodie just like that one..." "oh, really? i just bought this yesterday, i had absolutely no clue! that's so funny.."

"how much longer do we have to keep this up?" "just a few more weeks, i swear."

using random words in convos or certain actions as secret code for one another when surrounded by everyone else (and maybe even after they're public, it still sticks)

"i'm sorry did you just say that this is fun?" "yeah, kinda."

not being able to say anything when watching the other get flirted with

^ or maybe they do, and then have to explain to friends why it agitated them so much.

"if we get caught, i'm blaming you."

clinging onto their partner for ages after not being able to be with them all day

"you told her?!" "please, it's just one person. who is she going to tell?"

"when all of this is over, i'm going to take you on a real date. i promise."

[in-love-with-writing-whump]

Prompt

Whumpee and Caretaker had been through hell and back together countless times, and somewhere between rough beginnings and the present, they'd fallen in love. Whumpee spent years by their side, a stoic right hand who carried out the will of Caretaker, the virtuous leader of the group, making the tough calls, but not without guilt that they admitted to Whumpee behind closed doors. In turn, Whumpee would open up about their own past and concerns. They were each other’s person, matching halves.

Most didn't know about their relationship, not really anyway. There were rumors of course, but given Caretaker's rank, things were mostly kept quiet. A, Caretaker and Whumpee's friend, knew and often was the one spreading rumors, making jokes about how Caretaker and Whumpee embodied the "tall x smol" dynamic.

One day, Caretaker dies in a battle of some sort, and despite Whumpee's efforts, they can't stop them from bleeding to death. A watches with utter horror, openly bursting into tears as Whumpee closes Caretaker's eyes.

The rest of the group grieves quietly, busy tending to their wounds, not paying much mind as Whumpee and A take Caretaker's body to a nearby building where they can retrieve it later for burial.

For the first time ever, A sees Whumpee fall apart, kneeling before them, crying violently. They find themself at a loss for words, Whumpee's screams of agony the only sound in the building.

The only difference the rest of the group seemed to notice when they returned was that Whumpee's cloak/coat was a bit larger. Only A knew that it was Caretaker's name inscribed on the inside.