Two characters used to be friends or lovers, but now they aren't on speaking terms. The odds don't look good that they'll patch things up on their own. Fortunately, the plot is on their side: some external disaster happens and the characters get back together as a direct result. Variants include: Very, very common in the Disaster Movie genre. Compare Fire-Forged Friends, Rescue Romance. Examples of Relationship-Salvaging Disaster include: