ooooh i actually love this idea! we can say that nate used to spend a couple of weeks in the summer in denver (his parents are divorced so it's easy to say his dad moved there) and that's how they met and developed a friendship at a young age. maybe they even had a falling out around high school when nate stopped his summertime visits and then when he decided to eventually move there permanently they rekindled the friendship flame letting bygones be bygones and whatnot via jae entering his dms