>>36441509Everything about that is perfect, minus the brother part. Red would be so socially maladjusted he would see Ethan trying to help him become a normal person as him showing romantic interest. Ethan would try and make it clear he was just helping Red because he admired his talent and felt bad seeing him in such a bad state, but being the emotionally stunted individual Red is he wouldn’t understand.
and after a romantic confrontation, perhaps on the peak of Mt.Silver after returning many months later, maybe Ethan would feel the same 