sally and nathan were a potential couple long before they became friends.
nathan met sally on a dating app. they started talking during the pandemic [long dark winter] and studied together. he was up in the north and she was in the city, and he enjoyed her alternative pace of living.
sally found nathan’s presence soothing and his sense of humour wholesome and kind. she was finishing up her degree while nathan was just starting his. they had different backgrounds but she was okay with it.
things started changing during the tail end of the pandemic and lines started appearing outside stores. sally took the opportunity to meet more people, and soon she was going on other dates with men in real life, instead of over video chat.
nathan’s life remained the same.
that was possibly the reason why nathan was so keen to ask sally out, but she kept deflecting.
in the end sally made a decision and told nathan she wanted to be friends instead of something more.
so they were now friends. friends that sometimes joked about sex and made suggestive jokes with each other. the bond was seemingly still there.
over time, sally becomes fed up with dating. she returned to nathan on a video call and ranted about her life. nathan seemed to enjoy the updates, but sally didn’t know that he was also going on dates with other people.
he told her one day offhandedly as he was planning a city [toronto] trip. his new girlfriend lived very close to sally, and sally supposed that was the reason he told her. she wonders if he would have said anything if new girlfriend didn’t live in the same city…
sally its now single. she looks back on the [pandemic] long dark winter times with nostalgia. she remembers a time with nathan where they shared a mutual understanding and camaraderie. sally sees the world as her oyster, any and all people on the neurotypical bell curve are compatible to her.