Mary Stuart & Elizabeth over their lover.
People will not give up their lover for their children".
She is their keeper, their vehicle, their lover, their guide.
Perhaps they will use the classic superhero trope of having the hero save their lover from near certain death?
Because they loved each other, they would not abandon their companion in combat nor do anything cowardly that would dishonour them in the view of their lover.
A new partner's lack of enthusiasm about their lover meeting up with an ex is enough to kill platonic friendships, too.
Brain imaging studies show that a particular area of the brain, one associated with the reward system, is activated when subjects contemplate a photo of their lover.
We catch glimpses of the Sitwells; Cecil Beaton; Stephen Spender; and Beryl Markham, Karen Blixen and their lover Denys Finch Hatton.
This is especially the case since Marston lived in a polyamorous relationship with two almost certainly bisexual women: his wife, Elizabeth Marston, and their lover, Olive Byrne.
Can you summon up a detailed portrait photo of your protagonist, or an action shot, or a strip of snaps from a booth, maybe posing with their lover?
