Joe and Nicky knew each other since they were kids. (I know in canon Joe is 3 years older but let’s make it less than a year here). They were inseparable, where one went the other would follow, they eventually became each other’s first kiss and first love. Then college came, they went their separate ways, lost contact.
Now, shockingly, they moved into the same town/building. They meet for coffee, reminisce about the past, it’s nice, except when they go back to their places they both realise “oh shit I’m not over him!! But clearly he doesn’t feel the same way about me...”
Cue romcom shenanigans.
Bonuses: + Joe and Booker are roommates but Nicky things they are a thing + Nicky has a baby from previous relationship + they get drunk and have sex but the next morning both decide it’s been a Big Mistake but only because they think the other one thinks it was a mistake
Nicky/Joe childhood sweethearts AU
Then college came, they went their separate ways, lost contact.
Now, shockingly, they moved into the same town/building. They meet for coffee, reminisce about the past, it’s nice, except when they go back to their places they both realise “oh shit I’m not over him!! But clearly he doesn’t feel the same way about me...”
Cue romcom shenanigans.
Bonuses:
+ Joe and Booker are roommates but Nicky things they are a thing
+ Nicky has a baby from previous relationship
+ they get drunk and have sex but the next morning both decide it’s been a Big Mistake but only because they think the other one thinks it was a mistake