Claire and Kenny both attended college at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The students had a Facebook page dedicated to missed connections on campus. While all posts are anonymous, the comments on these posts are not. At the time, they both shared a love for all things Doctor Who. One day, Kenny had posted on the missed connections page that he "..just wanted to cuddle with a girl and watch the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary." Claire jokingly commented on this post that she "...volunteered as tribute." a reference to the Hunger Games series. Kenny liked the comment, and a few days later, friend requested Claire. Thinking it was a fellow student in one of her classes, she accepted the friend request. Kenny then sent her a message: "So you volunteer as tribute?" The rest, as they say, is history.