i would love that! i'm not sure how much you read of nick's info but his mom was a drug addict and had nick and his 2 siblings in miami. they were taken by cps when nick was 12 and sent to live with their maternal grandmother in st aug. grandmother was pretty poor but did what she could for them. i kind of think their mom and his dad were just raised in a lower-class home which kind of had them falling into bad habits (drugs for her, alcohol for him). to make matters worse, nick's older brother fell in with a bad crowd and was stuck in that lifestyle until he was arrested in 2015, so nick has been kind of lost without him. having a cousin that's like a brother helps tons. i'm sure nick looks up to him like he did/does his brother (and probably struggles with guilt because he doesn't want to replace joey) and adores his kids.