Chocolate Box Letter
Dear Chocolatier,
First of all, thanks for writing/drawing for me! I'm extremely easy to please and I'm sure I'd adore whatever you give me. Feel free to use your own ideas if you have some! I love these ships, so I'll be happy with anything.
In general, I'll probably skim over explicit sex, and I would prefer no non-con.
In the things I like: I love exploration of characters and character relationships, but also people getting into cracky or serious adventures, epic plots or canon divergence AUs or crossovers. I have a soft spot for time travel/time loops, soulmates/soulbonds, trope inversions (everyone is trying to get them together but they already are! A/B/O with small female alphas and large dude omegas, alpha/alpha or beta/any or omega/omega ships! Soulmates where they reject fate and go with someone else!), magical realism, H/C heavy on the comfort, arranged marriage or pretend-to-be-married plots, curtainfic, outsider POV and HDM/daemon AUs. I also like fic with interesting formats - second person, drabbles/drabble collections, epistolary fic, Interactive Fiction, etc.
For art, I love cuddling, domesticity, costumes, kissing (innocent or less so) and hand-holding. I'm also really into red strings of fate, bed-sharing or moment-in-the-life stuff.
I've recycled a few of my prompts here from previous letters, but even if I've received it before I'd still love to see more! The fandoms I've requested are Fantastic Beasts, Dangan Ronpa, Life is Strange and Zero Escape, and my AO3 is here.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Fanfic, Fanart
I have sunk so deep into this fandom and can't get out! Not that I want to. I love everyone in this movie but especially Newt, who is so socially awkward and loves his creatures so much and gets into messes and struggles to find his way out. If you have any autistic or ace headcanons for him feel free to write them, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic!
Original Percival Graves/Newt Scamander
Two people who have never met! Obviously prime shipping fodder. I really like the contrast of hard-line Auror Percival and laws-are-for-other-people Newt, and the ways that might put them into conflict; I also like the idea that Percival's heard all about Newt/knows him from earlier thanks to their relationships with Theseus. I like exploration of what their relationship could be, especially if Newt sticks around or manages to rescue Graves from wherever he was captured.
Some ideas:
- What does Graves think of all Newt's creatures? Newt's had an escape again, or Graves is finding them slowly moving into his house, Newt, why is there a nest of Ashwinders in the fireplace - go wild!
- Recovering from Grindelwald! Newt discovering him, or caretaking him back to health? Graves has been turned into a magical beast or transfigured into an animal and seeks out Newt to help change him back/recover? Graves with PTSD or Newt still having to think past Grindelwald torturing him with Graves's face?
- Newt needs a hand clearing out a smuggling operation, and the Director of Magical Security is dragged in! Is Newt working for MACUSA as a consultant post-movie (or post-book)? Is Theseus the reason they meet again?
- All of the tropes! Soulmate AUs or soulbonds or arranged marriages or fake-dating or forced proximity or Newt knowing Grindelgraves isn't the real one for knowing the real Graves earlier, anything goes.
For art: hanging out! Fighting together! Fluffy moments, stolen affection, domestic magic, Graves cornering Newt against a wall, Graves being fondly exasperated as Newt deals with a creature. Newt finding Graves wherever he's been captured, and gently helping him out.
Credence Barebone/Newt Scamander
Apparently there was a deleted scene where Credence left with Newt on the boat? Fix-its, any type at all, would be absolutely lovely here! I really love the way Newt approaches Credence in the end, like he would a creature and with no hesitation at all; Newt's approach to Credence and his Obscurus is really what I adore about this 'ship, the way Credence, given a chance, is willing to respond.
Some ideas:
- I would adore any sort of canon-divergence AU, where Newt finds Credence before he kills anyone (or even after), manages to save him from that subway confrontation, or even post-movie where Credence finds Newt again, too.
- What does Credence think of all Newt's creatures, or what do they think of him? Does Newt teach Credence magic? Does he take Credence to Dumbledore, maybe, or are they on the run from Grindelwald?
- Newt and Credence working on managing his Obscurus, and what that might mean for Credence's magic in general. I'd also adore Obscurial!Credence protecting Newt (who may or may not need it) or the other way around!
For art: Obscurus!Credence and Newt reaching out to him, Newt showing Credence his creatures or magic or small moments of affection, Credence being a bit of a creeper and guarding Newt while he sleeps, protecting each other/fighting together, Credence learning magic.
Newt Scamander & Newt Scamander's Magical Beasts
I am 8000% here for Newt and his creatures! I absolutely adore the way he deals with them in the movie, from his annoyance with the Niffler to his friendship with Pickett, the way his creatures help him out (the Swooping Evil!) and that he calls himself 'Mummy' to them!
Some ideas:
- I would adore anything with Newt finding a new beast and coaxing it to safety, having to deal with poachers or smugglers or someone like Gnarlack, who wants a creature for information Newt needs - does the creature suddenly become hostile and completely untamable by anyone but Newt?
- I'd also love to see Newt working with dragons in the war, or him and hippogriffs at home (with Theseus, maybe?) or how he managed to keep a Nundu. What do the creatures think of him?
- 5 times fic (creatures saving Newt, or Newt saving them), short vignettes, anything at all would be lovely. If you want to add any Newt/human ships to it, i.e. creatures interfering, what they think of Newt's new paramour, I am down for literally all of them, even what I didn't request here!
For art: Newt + any of his creatures, or entirely new ones! Running a hand down a dragon's head or a unicorn's (or thestral's) flank, helping to heal something or feed it, confronting the Niffler again (or retrieving its ill-gotten gains), trying to get Pickett to go back to his home tree, any creature helping Newt out of a bind.
Dangan Ronpa - Fanfic, Fanart
Kirigiri Kyouko/Naegi Makoto/Togami Byakuya
I love these three together! I love how much an asshole Togami is but how it's somewhat tempered by him actually wanting to escape; his weird sort-of friendship with Naegi at the end of his free time events. I love Naegi's relentless optimism and how he can get through to anyone; I love his relationship with Kirigiri, who realises how much she's come to rely on him in the end. I love Togami's wary respect for Kirigiri and her being competent enough that he can't condescend (that much, anyway).
Some ideas:
- Post-DR, pre-DR2 - how do they get to the Future Foundation after the end of the game? I assume Kirigiri and Togami both had boltholes in varying locations - do they seek them out, and find what they're looking for, while growing closer on the way?
- Cleaning up after Despair - is there anything that makes them grow closer? How do they start to trust one another?
- DR-IF AU - Were they in a relationship/friendship before that Naegi remembers? The trust they built up over the course of the game is all but gone in this 'verse; does Togami need some convincing?
- Curtainfic - in a post-apocalyptic world, who is it that manages foodstuffs, or goals, or sleeping arrangements? I'd also adore sharing-a-room/bed stuff.
For art: Sharing a room/bed, domestic arrangements like cooking, small stolen moments of affection like brushes of hands or a physical closeness, something devastating has happened and they need comfort, Kyouko finding the boys again when they think she's dead.
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki
My teeny favourite SDR2 ship! I absolutely adore these three, and feel free to set it at any point in time that you like - pre-Despair in the anime, with Chiaki struggling to make friends and Nagito kicked out of school ('suspended') and Hajime wondering if he's really enough, in-simulation with AI Chiaki or post-Side:Hope, when Chiaki's all-but-gone but might be a ghost in Hajime's head. I absolutely love fix-its (including time travel or otherwise) for Hajime not becoming Izuru (or not all the way, anyway) or Chiaki surviving somehow, AI or human.
Some ideas:
- Nagito's luck bringing him into real!Chiaki and Hajime's path! I'd love seeing his disdain for normal-Hajime tempered by his respect for Chiaki as their class's literal hope, or Hajime and Nagito's commiseration over Chiaki's stubbornness to make them see themselves better than they are.
- Playing games! In any time; Chiaki's gaming skills pitted against Nagito's luck, Chiaki enlisting Hajime and Nagito for dating-sim help, Hajime post-Izuru being able to wipe the floor with them (but maybe holding back). What games do they play? Do they go to an arcade? Who's the first to realise it's an actual date?
- SDR2 AU - if Nagito knew that Chiaki was from the FF, what would he do? He's in a tenuous place pre-suicide, and I'd love Chiaki trying to deal with him without giving herself away to the Monokuma virus, while managing her budding relationship with Hajime, too.
For art: playing games! Chiaki falling asleep somewhere strange and the two needing to escort her back, small affections and domesticity. Hajime and Nagito and Chiaki in the simulation with her still a flickering program. Helping each other while injured or sick.
Fukawa Touko/Naegi Komaru
I was surprised at how much I adored these two, but I really did! Their friendship through AE was adorable; I love how Komaru's normalness really helps Fukawa be less negative about herself, and especially that ending with Fukawa's friendship stopping Komaru from falling into despair. I loved that Fukawa ended up deciding to stay with Komaru over returning to the Future Foundation, too. Please no mentions of Fukawa/Togami!
Some ideas:
- Post-AE, Komaru and Touko in Towa City. What do they do to clean up? Organising the resistance, destroying Monokumas, freeing all the kids - I'd love them working together and finding happiness in the ruins.
- Bad Ending, what happens to Fukawa? I'd love her sticking by Komaru and trying to coax her back into non-despair, through whatever means, or just staying by her side regardless. Can she bring Komaru back? How do they deal?
- The romance novelist needs romance experience! Komaru tries, but does she manage to come up with something or have to give up? Does she take her cues from Fukawa's novels as to things she likes, or try recreating a certain scenario?
- Between DR3, if you've seen it! How did Fukawa and Komaru get to Hope's Peak again? What was it like for Komaru to see her brother again, and be introduced to Fukawa's classmates as her girlfriend? What do the others think of their relationship?
For art: patching up wounds, fighting together, Syo/Jack protecting Komaru after she's run out of ammo or health. Small affections or cuddling or sitting together, holding hands. Komaru breaks down and needs Touko to comfort her.
Life is Strange - Fanfic, Fanart
Maxine "Max" Caulfield/Chloe Price
Will I ever get enough of these two? Probably not. I ship these two like burning and will always be happy with more of them! I adore their friendship, how easily they come back together after everything, how much they enjoy each other's company; Chloe flirting and Max falling for her and their relationship being so intense after just a few days. I love them evening each other out - Max's seriousness lightened by Chloe, and Chloe's flippancy over things dropped into more reasonableness with Max's steadiness.
Some ideas:
- Post-game, save-the-bae ending - Chloe and Max on a roadtrip, or dealing with guilt and nightmares, or visiting graves. Does anyone get out alive? Does Chloe regret not pushing harder?
- Max's rewind doesn't stop the tornado, so she tries to save both at once - how does she try? I'd love her enlisting Chloe to help, and both of them working together to fix things.
- Chloe sneaking into Max's dorm room, or Max in Chloe's - chatting, cuddling, dancing, smoking. Does Max ask Chloe about Rachel? Do they have a reprise of the kiss-dare?
- Five times Max kissed Chloe/told Chloe her feelings and rewound time, and one time she didn't.
For art: lying together anywhere, in Chloe's bed or squished together in Max's or curled up together in the backseat of a truck. Chloe taking Max somewhere, or Max getting one last kiss in before turning back time and saying goodbye. Stuck together, hiding in the school from security or stuck together in a closet or holding hands and watching the stars.
Zero Escape - Fanfic, Fanart
I absolutely love alternate universes and time travel and these games have all of that in spades; if you want to play around with meta-type SHIFTing stuff, please feel free!
Carlos/Kurashiki Akane/Tenmyouji Junpei
Ooh, man, these three had such an intense relationship by the end of the game! I really like Akane and Junpei and their budding friendship with Carlos, how they're all extremely different people but can work together practically seamlessly when pushed. Carlos and Junpei immediately agreeing to save Akane whenever they can, Carlos murdering himself when he thinks he might have gone crazy and killed Junpei - I just loved their team relationship and would love to see more!
Some ideas:
- Do they keep in contact after everything is over? Do Akane and Junpei meet Carlos's little sister and help teach her how to SHIFT?
- AU timelines in ZTD would be great! The oxygen mask locker has three masks, or Mira doesn't kill Junpei, then what happens?
- What do they work at afterwards? Does Carlos join Crash Keys? I'd also love them working together and trying to find the needle in the haystack that might fix the future.
- Alternatively, curtainfic where they sort out domestic arrangements, maybe in that future search; they need to stay together for something, or they all need to go undercover? Anything goes, really!
For art: Small moments of comfort/affection, sleeping together or lacking physical boundaries. Carlos taking them to the hospital where Maria stays. One of them is injured, patching up wounds or carrying/helping them walk. Sitting together on the couch, wondering where to go from there.
First of all, thanks for writing/drawing for me! I'm extremely easy to please and I'm sure I'd adore whatever you give me. Feel free to use your own ideas if you have some! I love these ships, so I'll be happy with anything.
In general, I'll probably skim over explicit sex, and I would prefer no non-con.
In the things I like: I love exploration of characters and character relationships, but also people getting into cracky or serious adventures, epic plots or canon divergence AUs or crossovers. I have a soft spot for time travel/time loops, soulmates/soulbonds, trope inversions (everyone is trying to get them together but they already are! A/B/O with small female alphas and large dude omegas, alpha/alpha or beta/any or omega/omega ships! Soulmates where they reject fate and go with someone else!), magical realism, H/C heavy on the comfort, arranged marriage or pretend-to-be-married plots, curtainfic, outsider POV and HDM/daemon AUs. I also like fic with interesting formats - second person, drabbles/drabble collections, epistolary fic, Interactive Fiction, etc.
For art, I love cuddling, domesticity, costumes, kissing (innocent or less so) and hand-holding. I'm also really into red strings of fate, bed-sharing or moment-in-the-life stuff.
I've recycled a few of my prompts here from previous letters, but even if I've received it before I'd still love to see more! The fandoms I've requested are Fantastic Beasts, Dangan Ronpa, Life is Strange and Zero Escape, and my AO3 is here.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Fanfic, Fanart
I have sunk so deep into this fandom and can't get out! Not that I want to. I love everyone in this movie but especially Newt, who is so socially awkward and loves his creatures so much and gets into messes and struggles to find his way out. If you have any autistic or ace headcanons for him feel free to write them, but please don't make it the sole focus of the fic!
Original Percival Graves/Newt Scamander
Two people who have never met! Obviously prime shipping fodder. I really like the contrast of hard-line Auror Percival and laws-are-for-other-people Newt, and the ways that might put them into conflict; I also like the idea that Percival's heard all about Newt/knows him from earlier thanks to their relationships with Theseus. I like exploration of what their relationship could be, especially if Newt sticks around or manages to rescue Graves from wherever he was captured.
Some ideas:
- What does Graves think of all Newt's creatures? Newt's had an escape again, or Graves is finding them slowly moving into his house, Newt, why is there a nest of Ashwinders in the fireplace - go wild!
- Recovering from Grindelwald! Newt discovering him, or caretaking him back to health? Graves has been turned into a magical beast or transfigured into an animal and seeks out Newt to help change him back/recover? Graves with PTSD or Newt still having to think past Grindelwald torturing him with Graves's face?
- Newt needs a hand clearing out a smuggling operation, and the Director of Magical Security is dragged in! Is Newt working for MACUSA as a consultant post-movie (or post-book)? Is Theseus the reason they meet again?
- All of the tropes! Soulmate AUs or soulbonds or arranged marriages or fake-dating or forced proximity or Newt knowing Grindelgraves isn't the real one for knowing the real Graves earlier, anything goes.
For art: hanging out! Fighting together! Fluffy moments, stolen affection, domestic magic, Graves cornering Newt against a wall, Graves being fondly exasperated as Newt deals with a creature. Newt finding Graves wherever he's been captured, and gently helping him out.
Credence Barebone/Newt Scamander
Apparently there was a deleted scene where Credence left with Newt on the boat? Fix-its, any type at all, would be absolutely lovely here! I really love the way Newt approaches Credence in the end, like he would a creature and with no hesitation at all; Newt's approach to Credence and his Obscurus is really what I adore about this 'ship, the way Credence, given a chance, is willing to respond.
Some ideas:
- I would adore any sort of canon-divergence AU, where Newt finds Credence before he kills anyone (or even after), manages to save him from that subway confrontation, or even post-movie where Credence finds Newt again, too.
- What does Credence think of all Newt's creatures, or what do they think of him? Does Newt teach Credence magic? Does he take Credence to Dumbledore, maybe, or are they on the run from Grindelwald?
- Newt and Credence working on managing his Obscurus, and what that might mean for Credence's magic in general. I'd also adore Obscurial!Credence protecting Newt (who may or may not need it) or the other way around!
For art: Obscurus!Credence and Newt reaching out to him, Newt showing Credence his creatures or magic or small moments of affection, Credence being a bit of a creeper and guarding Newt while he sleeps, protecting each other/fighting together, Credence learning magic.
Newt Scamander & Newt Scamander's Magical Beasts
I am 8000% here for Newt and his creatures! I absolutely adore the way he deals with them in the movie, from his annoyance with the Niffler to his friendship with Pickett, the way his creatures help him out (the Swooping Evil!) and that he calls himself 'Mummy' to them!
Some ideas:
- I would adore anything with Newt finding a new beast and coaxing it to safety, having to deal with poachers or smugglers or someone like Gnarlack, who wants a creature for information Newt needs - does the creature suddenly become hostile and completely untamable by anyone but Newt?
- I'd also love to see Newt working with dragons in the war, or him and hippogriffs at home (with Theseus, maybe?) or how he managed to keep a Nundu. What do the creatures think of him?
- 5 times fic (creatures saving Newt, or Newt saving them), short vignettes, anything at all would be lovely. If you want to add any Newt/human ships to it, i.e. creatures interfering, what they think of Newt's new paramour, I am down for literally all of them, even what I didn't request here!
For art: Newt + any of his creatures, or entirely new ones! Running a hand down a dragon's head or a unicorn's (or thestral's) flank, helping to heal something or feed it, confronting the Niffler again (or retrieving its ill-gotten gains), trying to get Pickett to go back to his home tree, any creature helping Newt out of a bind.
Dangan Ronpa - Fanfic, Fanart
Kirigiri Kyouko/Naegi Makoto/Togami Byakuya
I love these three together! I love how much an asshole Togami is but how it's somewhat tempered by him actually wanting to escape; his weird sort-of friendship with Naegi at the end of his free time events. I love Naegi's relentless optimism and how he can get through to anyone; I love his relationship with Kirigiri, who realises how much she's come to rely on him in the end. I love Togami's wary respect for Kirigiri and her being competent enough that he can't condescend (that much, anyway).
Some ideas:
- Post-DR, pre-DR2 - how do they get to the Future Foundation after the end of the game? I assume Kirigiri and Togami both had boltholes in varying locations - do they seek them out, and find what they're looking for, while growing closer on the way?
- Cleaning up after Despair - is there anything that makes them grow closer? How do they start to trust one another?
- DR-IF AU - Were they in a relationship/friendship before that Naegi remembers? The trust they built up over the course of the game is all but gone in this 'verse; does Togami need some convincing?
- Curtainfic - in a post-apocalyptic world, who is it that manages foodstuffs, or goals, or sleeping arrangements? I'd also adore sharing-a-room/bed stuff.
For art: Sharing a room/bed, domestic arrangements like cooking, small stolen moments of affection like brushes of hands or a physical closeness, something devastating has happened and they need comfort, Kyouko finding the boys again when they think she's dead.
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito/Nanami Chiaki
My teeny favourite SDR2 ship! I absolutely adore these three, and feel free to set it at any point in time that you like - pre-Despair in the anime, with Chiaki struggling to make friends and Nagito kicked out of school ('suspended') and Hajime wondering if he's really enough, in-simulation with AI Chiaki or post-Side:Hope, when Chiaki's all-but-gone but might be a ghost in Hajime's head. I absolutely love fix-its (including time travel or otherwise) for Hajime not becoming Izuru (or not all the way, anyway) or Chiaki surviving somehow, AI or human.
Some ideas:
- Nagito's luck bringing him into real!Chiaki and Hajime's path! I'd love seeing his disdain for normal-Hajime tempered by his respect for Chiaki as their class's literal hope, or Hajime and Nagito's commiseration over Chiaki's stubbornness to make them see themselves better than they are.
- Playing games! In any time; Chiaki's gaming skills pitted against Nagito's luck, Chiaki enlisting Hajime and Nagito for dating-sim help, Hajime post-Izuru being able to wipe the floor with them (but maybe holding back). What games do they play? Do they go to an arcade? Who's the first to realise it's an actual date?
- SDR2 AU - if Nagito knew that Chiaki was from the FF, what would he do? He's in a tenuous place pre-suicide, and I'd love Chiaki trying to deal with him without giving herself away to the Monokuma virus, while managing her budding relationship with Hajime, too.
For art: playing games! Chiaki falling asleep somewhere strange and the two needing to escort her back, small affections and domesticity. Hajime and Nagito and Chiaki in the simulation with her still a flickering program. Helping each other while injured or sick.
Fukawa Touko/Naegi Komaru
I was surprised at how much I adored these two, but I really did! Their friendship through AE was adorable; I love how Komaru's normalness really helps Fukawa be less negative about herself, and especially that ending with Fukawa's friendship stopping Komaru from falling into despair. I loved that Fukawa ended up deciding to stay with Komaru over returning to the Future Foundation, too. Please no mentions of Fukawa/Togami!
Some ideas:
- Post-AE, Komaru and Touko in Towa City. What do they do to clean up? Organising the resistance, destroying Monokumas, freeing all the kids - I'd love them working together and finding happiness in the ruins.
- Bad Ending, what happens to Fukawa? I'd love her sticking by Komaru and trying to coax her back into non-despair, through whatever means, or just staying by her side regardless. Can she bring Komaru back? How do they deal?
- The romance novelist needs romance experience! Komaru tries, but does she manage to come up with something or have to give up? Does she take her cues from Fukawa's novels as to things she likes, or try recreating a certain scenario?
- Between DR3, if you've seen it! How did Fukawa and Komaru get to Hope's Peak again? What was it like for Komaru to see her brother again, and be introduced to Fukawa's classmates as her girlfriend? What do the others think of their relationship?
For art: patching up wounds, fighting together, Syo/Jack protecting Komaru after she's run out of ammo or health. Small affections or cuddling or sitting together, holding hands. Komaru breaks down and needs Touko to comfort her.
Life is Strange - Fanfic, Fanart
Maxine "Max" Caulfield/Chloe Price
Will I ever get enough of these two? Probably not. I ship these two like burning and will always be happy with more of them! I adore their friendship, how easily they come back together after everything, how much they enjoy each other's company; Chloe flirting and Max falling for her and their relationship being so intense after just a few days. I love them evening each other out - Max's seriousness lightened by Chloe, and Chloe's flippancy over things dropped into more reasonableness with Max's steadiness.
Some ideas:
- Post-game, save-the-bae ending - Chloe and Max on a roadtrip, or dealing with guilt and nightmares, or visiting graves. Does anyone get out alive? Does Chloe regret not pushing harder?
- Max's rewind doesn't stop the tornado, so she tries to save both at once - how does she try? I'd love her enlisting Chloe to help, and both of them working together to fix things.
- Chloe sneaking into Max's dorm room, or Max in Chloe's - chatting, cuddling, dancing, smoking. Does Max ask Chloe about Rachel? Do they have a reprise of the kiss-dare?
- Five times Max kissed Chloe/told Chloe her feelings and rewound time, and one time she didn't.
For art: lying together anywhere, in Chloe's bed or squished together in Max's or curled up together in the backseat of a truck. Chloe taking Max somewhere, or Max getting one last kiss in before turning back time and saying goodbye. Stuck together, hiding in the school from security or stuck together in a closet or holding hands and watching the stars.
Zero Escape - Fanfic, Fanart
I absolutely love alternate universes and time travel and these games have all of that in spades; if you want to play around with meta-type SHIFTing stuff, please feel free!
Carlos/Kurashiki Akane/Tenmyouji Junpei
Ooh, man, these three had such an intense relationship by the end of the game! I really like Akane and Junpei and their budding friendship with Carlos, how they're all extremely different people but can work together practically seamlessly when pushed. Carlos and Junpei immediately agreeing to save Akane whenever they can, Carlos murdering himself when he thinks he might have gone crazy and killed Junpei - I just loved their team relationship and would love to see more!
Some ideas:
- Do they keep in contact after everything is over? Do Akane and Junpei meet Carlos's little sister and help teach her how to SHIFT?
- AU timelines in ZTD would be great! The oxygen mask locker has three masks, or Mira doesn't kill Junpei, then what happens?
- What do they work at afterwards? Does Carlos join Crash Keys? I'd also love them working together and trying to find the needle in the haystack that might fix the future.
- Alternatively, curtainfic where they sort out domestic arrangements, maybe in that future search; they need to stay together for something, or they all need to go undercover? Anything goes, really!
For art: Small moments of comfort/affection, sleeping together or lacking physical boundaries. Carlos taking them to the hospital where Maria stays. One of them is injured, patching up wounds or carrying/helping them walk. Sitting together on the couch, wondering where to go from there.