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I remember hearing about the relationship between Patterson and Woodard. But that seems to make a lot more sense than Barnabas and Patterson because Patterson and Woodard were always presented as good friends, whereas Barnabas was always trying to hide all sorts of truths from the frequently frustrated, if not outright angry Patterson. However, that being said, I suspect we're all familiar with the soap trope of how two characters who were adversaries for years on a soap suddenly realize they were attracted to each other all along...)