Outlander: Blood of My Blood is a new prequel series that tells the epic romances that came before Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) steamed up Starz in Outlander. The first two episodes of Blood of My Blood dropped today, introducing us to Jamie’s parents, the starcrossed Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater), as well as Claire’s extremely “DTF” folks, Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield).

**Spoilers for Outlander: Blood of My Blood Episode 1 “Providence” and Episode 2 “S.W.A.K. (Sealed With a Kiss),” both streaming now on STARZ**

The Outlander universe has always been known for its passion, but Outlander: Blood of My Blood shows us just where Claire got her sex positivity from. The first time Blood of My Blood introduces us to Henry and Julia in their 20th century timeline, they are hard at it on a picnic blanket in Scotland. Later, when we go back and get their full love story in Outlander: Blood of My Blood Episode 2 “S.W.A.K. (Sealed With a Kiss),” we watch as Henry and Julia waste zero time going from their first IRL meeting to getting it on back at her flat.

“They’re just DTF!” Outlander: Blood of My Blood star Jeremy Irvine declared, prompting Corfield (and DECIDER) to giggle. (DTF, of course, being the acronym for “down to fuck.”)

“They are. They’re DTF. They’re lonely,” Hermione Corfield said. “They’re both very lonely and DTF.”

Henry and Julia’s impulse to hit the sheets before getting officially married makes total sense within the context of their World War I love story. Henry Beauchamp is a heroic soldier on the frontlines of the war. After he narrowly survives the horrors of Passendale, he pens a letter to no one, expressing his abject despair. Julia works in the redaction office, a place where women on the home front would censor military secrets from the letters being sent home. When she reads Henry’s letter, she finds herself moved to break the rules, keep the letter for herself, and send a message in return.

“I do think they are very lonely, though, in their own ways,” Corfield continued. “Like, I think Julia is on her own in her flat in London. She’s got a busy life at the redaction office, but you do feel that she’s yearning for love and I think Henry’s the same, in a different way.”

Henry and Julia soon begin an epistolary romance, sharing their deepest thoughts and tenderest feelings through the letters they send one another. When Henry gets the opportunity to return home from the front, it’s their chance to finally meet face to face.

“So when they do finally meet, there’s such a explosive soul connection, but also physical connection,” Corfield said. “They just get on with it!”

“It’s been building and building and building,” Irvine said. “It’s not like they’ve just met and only just got to know each other. These two people, it’s a meeting of souls and they’ve fallen in love long, long, long before they ever meet.”

Irvine then pointed out the miracle of their meeting in the first place. “There was a really good chance they were never going to meet. And so when they finally come together, yeah, it’s fireworks.”

Literally the next thing we see after Henry and Julia’s first sex scene is him carrying his bride over the threshold of her flat. Their love was always true, but it was also so passionate they couldn’t care about the fine print.

Henry and Julia’s love is put to the ultimate test, though, by Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Their idyllic trip to Scotland ends when their car crashes. Instead of perishing, as the books claim, Julia, and then Henry, travel through the stones to 18th century Scotland. The two are immediately separated in this strange world.

Will Henry and Julia find each other again? We’ll have to watch Outlander: Blood of My Blood to find out.