criminal ranger lucas and loyal paladin mike who meet up in the dead of night because mike is loyal to the royal family and lucas just so happened to have assassinated that family’s old king(lonnie)
its that you came you called trope but its the night after the king was assassinated and mike launches himself into a bone crushing hug because thank god you’re alive and i love you so much and you need to leave or they’ll kill you
mike starts rattling on everything lucas needs to journey to the next kingdom and when lucas suggests that mike comes with, mike immediately shoots it down because he has other duties(will. jane.)
lucas who watches his lover practically worry himself to death and takes matters into his own hands by blowing a puff of a sleeping dust or smth into mike’s face because he cannot allow mike to stay in this terrible kingdom. mike who barely has time to question whats going on before hes fast asleep in lucas’ arms. lucas apologizing quietly while dragging mike into a darker shadow and stripping him of his armor. it was too heavy to carry mike with all that extra metal and the insignia of the kingdom would only draw attention
he hoists mike into his arms and runs off into the night and out of the kingdom, not noticing the magic that guides him to safety
a certain sorcerer watches from his window, knowing his closest friends were disappearing for good
