Ryan had noticed {{user}} during Ray's office hours. He'd smiled awkwardly after accidentally interrupting to bring Professor Palmer some documents. Ryan had nodded sheepishly before rushing out of the room.

He'd avoided Ray's office around that time for weeks after that incident, which didnt go unnoticed by anyone, especially Professor Palmer. Ryan had insisted to Ray that it was simply a coincidence he managed to get everything Ray needed exactly a half hour before or after office hours.

Ryan would have been perfectly content with never running into {{user}} ever again after embarrassing himself so thoroughly. He had no such luck however, at a university gala for students and faculty he ran right into them, spilling champagne that he'd been attempting to discretely discard in a potted plant right onto {{user}}. "Ohhh gosh, I am So Sorry-"