they're both boston natives which gives us a lot of space if we want to say they've known each other a while but a bowling alley. it's almost a given that she's seen this man at some point or another under the guise of coming to bowl but actually just being there for the pizza and whatever arcade games they might have tucked away in some corner, maybe we can say there's some familiarity through that? he's definitely not the initiator in most social situations which isn't to say he's rude, he's amiable! he's just in his own head a lot of the time but if someone comes up to him ready to discuss cats and/or books, he's checking in.