Adam and Sullivan are boyfriends

There is a long-running gag that **Adam and Sullivan are boyfriends** and are in love. For a long time, this often involved Adam attempting to separate Sully from his then-partner Brooke and, usually, marry him.

"*Sullivan, do you take this Adam to be your lawfully wedded Brooke? ... Adam, do you take this Sullivan to be your lawfully wedded Sullivan?*"
― Tom (*Pure Self-Indulgence*)
Sullivan's responses range from reluctant object of affection to enthusiastic co-conspirator. Brooke's responses ranged from violent objection, to screamingly violent objection with death threats. The rest of the cast supported both couples in their endeavours. The gag began very early on - Adam described Sullivan as 'lovely Sully' in one of the latter's earliest appearances. It's very marked in later episodes of Board Game Club and in No Rolls Barred Plays Blood On The Clocktower. The joke generally wrapped up around April 2023, when Brooke and Sully parted ways on good terms.

## Notable instances

* In *Let's Play DIXIT*, Adam said; "Sully, we're in joint last place. Give us a cuddle." Sully responded "I will. Once it's COVID secure. Absolutely. Oh yes."
* In *Let's Play SABOTEUR* Adam comforted Sully, saying "I've got your back. I'll protect you from the bully. I'll hide you in my little pocket like a little bird".
* Adam took a character with red hair in *Let's Play COLT EXPRESS*, saying "now, *I'm* dating Sullivan." Sullivan replied "yeeaaaas." Later, Adam said "I will take your Sully and I will date him so hard". Sully agreed; "We're going to have a lovely time, it's going to be so nice." Brooke commented "I hope you fucking do."
* In *Let's Play MYSTERIUM*, Adam said "you get to look at all of these Sully. You're such a clever boy. You're *my* clever boy."
* Having fought throughout *We Are Legion*, Adam and Sullivan decided to trust one another. They explicitly linked their pact to their love, as did the rest of town when it was revealed. Luke accused Adam of voting only based on love for Sullivan.
* *Let's Play FIASCO (Part 2)'*s parole hearing somehow involved kisses blown between Adam and Sullivan (and Tom, but we're still counting it here.)
* In *Let's Play TSURO*, Isaac and Sullivan had a mutual support system. Adam (quite half-heartedly, admittedly) objected: "You're supposed to be my boyfriend!"
* When Sullivan took a line of card in *Let's Play 6 NIMMT*, leaving space for Adam and Brooke, Adam said "look at us, exploiting our boyfriend's charity, Brooke!"
* In *Let's Play DON'T MESS WITH CTHULHU* Brooke drew a card requiring her to stay silent. Adam and Sullivan took advantage of this by telling her to object to their relationship or accept it for ever. She made a variety of interesting faces, most of them murderous. Sullivan sang about never having felt love like this before - but almost immediately turned evil. He pointed out that Adam still loved him. Adam begged the silent Brooke for forgiveness, but none came.
* In *Let's Play LORDS OF VEGAS*, Adam wanted to be happy when Sullivan was happy. "Hello boyfriend!"
* Adam claimed that his main goal in playing board games was to win Sullivan's heart in *Let's Play CAMEL UP*.
* *Let's Play WESTERN LEGENDS* had a lot of boyfriending. Adam at one point spoke of "two outlaws finding each other on the open plains. Snuggled up next to each other in our camp sheets, looking up at the stars, spotting constellations. Maybe our hands might reach out across a pot of coffee and touch and there'll be a spark of electricity. Maybe nothing will happen. Then again... maybe my Milky Bars will be on him?... (that's really horrible)". But, when Brooke went out of her way to sabotage Adam, we got an open declaration of war. "Up until this point, my seduction of Sullivan was a long running joke. I will make it my mission in life to make it a long running reality. I am taking your man, Brooke Bourgeois, like you took my Western Legends victory from me. I am going to marry him and you will be invited to our fucking wedding. And at the wedding we're selling fucking Milky Bars!"
* In *A Royal Blunder*, Adam and Sullivan were on the same team, of course. Adam: "My beautiful boyfriend! My wonderful partner! You're with me always!"
* Adam predicted that *Twister, But WEARING HANDCUFFS* was "going to be the most erotically charged video we've ever done and that actually *is* saying something." The boys admitted that the House Rules series was a series of date nights, and Adam tried to tempt Sullivan away from Brooke by pointing out that she'd never... *handcuff herself to him and play Twister?*
* In the *100k Subs NRB Charity Marathon For Mind!!!*, Adam and Sullivan promised to kiss at a million subscribers.
* In *Sully Is A Total Cult*, Sullivan didn't get visited in the night by Adam the Storyteller. Adam asked if he was lonely and if that's why Sullivan had attempted to give Adam his room key.
* When Sullivan was killed in the night in *A Best Laid Plan*, Adam the Storyteller described him as the world's cuddliest boyfriend and said he wanted to give him many kisses. Tom wanted to know if Adam had kissed Sullivan before or after he died - Adam said before and during, then blew kisses to Sullivan.
* In *Operation, But With REAL ELECTRIC SHOCKS!*, Adam and Sullivan were wondering what other House Rules episodes should be planned. Perhaps the next options should be something other than pain-based? Perhaps something involving a little kiss on the forehead? Adam: "Don't threaten me with a good time!"
* *Playing With Your Food* had full on bickering and flirting, but it didn't stop Adam from nominating Sullivan immediately. Adam: "I'm sorry! I miss you! I miss you! I love you! I'm gonna kill you!" Jon: "Real mixed messages, Adam." Dom: "Maybe it's a kink." Sullivan explained it all to Brooke; "Did you know that Plato once said 'the greatest love you can feel is for an Adam'?"
* In *Let's Play MOONRAKERS* Adam and Sullivan claimed they had *not* murdered Brooke and hidden her body. Adam betrayed Sullivan early and often, but it's OK because "he'll just get distracted at some point, look over at me and fall in love all over again."
* Brooke was absent for the second game in *Ding Dom Merrily On High*. Adam asked Sullivan what he got for Christmas, 'apart from your freedom'. When Sullivan said he had got himself a brand new boyfriend, Adam said Sullivan must have been *very* good this year.
* In *Let's Play DIAMANT* Adam tempted Sullivan deeper into the cave with the prospect of a marriage proposal. Adam: "he's my boo, he's my babes, he's my bae. He'll never betray me." Sullivan: "I didn't do this, I didn't do this... I'm sorry, my love."
* In *Let's Play CODENAMES II*, the die put Adam and Sullivan on opposing teams, a devastating blow that Adam intended to deal with by crushing Sullivan, who was too nervous to look at his own team. Adam: "Look at me darling" Sullivan: "I'll look at you... oh, hello Brooke... I'm looking at a comforting face." Adam: "Look at the one you love."
* In *Paralegal Activity*, Adam was initially outraged when Sullivan, Brooke and Dom went for the first private chat of the game. The true Throuple was reinstated shortly afterwards - once all three were dead. Adam pointed out that 'till death do us part' means that Brooke and Sullivan are now parted by death, so Adam gets Sullivan for ever. Brooke was disturbed by how natural the boys' simulated kissing was; they pointed out that they'd had a lot of practice.
* In *Let's Play CATAN*, quotes from Adam included "Thank you, boyfriend!" and "Where did you get wood from, my darling? Put it right back."
* When prompted to draw 'jealousy' in *Pictionary, But IMPOSSIBLE MODE*, Sully drew Brooke being jealous of Adam and himself being together.
* During the Red DREAD Redemption episode *From The Cradle*, Wild Bill Hiccup asked Sully's William H. Daft and Adam's Marcus G. Fairmont "now, which of you two boyfriends has got my money?"
* *Pure Self-Indulgence* Sullivan was the Sullivan, Adam claimed the Brooke. Adam (as Brooke) proposed to Sullivan (as Sullivan) and Sullivan (as Sullivan) said that he had sworn to marry the first Brooke who proposed, so agreed. They asked Brooke to officiate and when she refused, Tom did the honours: "Sullivan, do you take this Adam to be your lawfully wedded Brooke?" "Adam, do you take this Sullivan to be your lawfully wedded Sullivan?" Brooke said it was the worst day of her life. The happy couple honeymooned in the village.
* In *Let's Play BANK HEIST*, Adam and Sullivan accused each other of betrayal and screamed insults at one another, ending only when Adam said "Now, kiss?"