now i have to try to figure out what timing works best because i haven't been keeping track of all my connections like i should've whoops. i thiiiink would somewhere around the end of 2021, beginning of 2022 work? i was thinking maybe around the spectacle of no way home, which was why his team was especially adamant about it on top of his "friendship" with -sayre (they're became fwb around that time) and so there was already talk about those two always hanging out, and anything developing with rocko would've been the last straw from the team. it's one thing to casually fuck around, actually getting into a relationship (especially with someone who didn't also need to be closeted) would've been a no-go. i was just thinking that sidney did truly like him and really ended up falling, so he moped for ages tbh thinking of how awesome it could've been