Jamie
Till the roof comes off, till the lights go out...
I think them being lovers is a possibility, but they'd have to confirm it themselves.You make good points, but I'd never even heard of two mason pairings in a single game until I read your post so you see why I doubted.
I mostly don't like that they claimed for absolutely no reason but for sake of claiming. And if that was why they claimed I would think it would be so a vig wouldn't shoot them since scum will have to kill them eventually.
Two mason pairs isn't something I'm ruling out either, I have seen it before although it is somewhat rare.