great! and that's exactly what i was thinking, he'll be a bit of a manchild who always got along with people a little younger anyway so he'd think nothing of maintaining a friendship with the underclassman he met at a show. or depending on how old ryan's siblings are, maybe one of the more academically inclined ones was initially assigned to tutor him but he hit it off with their younger sibling instead while over at their house for a study session? the band could've been practicing and invited him to jam if they had a keyboard available?