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Alfred interested in powerful partners is a reality but does it lead to something or he's just fantasising about something romantic or secual? I mean, he'd be pretty traumatised by his parental figures, no?
If Alfred is mentaly exhausted to a point of nearing a mental breakdown he will seek out something more.
Wild take but hear me out.
I always give Ivan as an example, since I find the dynamic very interesting.
Alfred is never romantic, he just isnt. Ivan isn't either. That is not a thing that exists between them. So if a calm Alfred knocks at Ivans door, making a romantic gesture of ANY kind, it's not good. Ivan knows this very well. If a lovely, amorous evenig between them is shared, it usually means Alfred is at deaths door, so to speak. When this happens, Alfred is quiet and absent minded. He will not be disagreeable, obnoxious, insulting... Most of all he will not fight, physically or verbaly. And like I said, Ivan understands this Alfred better than others. He also will not engage in any mockery or verbal discourse with Alfred.
The calm sea of a romantic eavning between them is usually either followed by or a result of a raging storm (mostly Alfreds raging storm). This is his way of saying "I need help and I need to cope." It usually isn't related to Ivan, what Alfred has to run from or cope from. So Ivan lets him be.
Other than this exchange their meetings are usually strictly buisness or physically related, never crossing the line into anything more than that.