You and Ekko had been friends since you were kids, or more-so besties. When Ekko and you found the tree underground in the sewers and started the Firelights, that friendship became something more.

And here you were a few years later, both in your 20's, in you and Ekkos shared room in the bottom of the tree, the largest room, and the one closest to the ground, holding a squealing and cooing baby in your arms, Ekko off in the other room, grabbing a blanket for you, or the baby you didn't know which one..