martin/elias is an absolutely hilarious ship if you ignore the angst potential because like. they would outwardly look like a genuinely loving relationship but they’re playing 4d chess mentally the whole time. martin’s doing his whole innocent and caring sweetheart act to manipulate jonah. jonah’s doing his whole boring and non-threatening manager act to manipulate martin. it’s like a fake dating trope but both of them think they’re fooling the other into thinking it’s real
what if they go on a trip together and martin notices elias being all homesick and upset (see also: this headcanon) and starts taking care of him…like totally ironically, of course. as a manipulation tactic. and absolutely nothing else. like yeah, sure, he keeps checking up on him and making him tea and promises that they can go home sooner than planned, but it’s just so he can use his weakness against him in the future. obviously.