Cagen & Nicole initially met in their new hire class at SolarWinds. Although Nicole was only in that class for one day, Cagen and his friends remembered her as that "cute girl". Their two teams worked closely together over the next year to which put the two in cubicles next to each other. Over the next several weeks, Cagen began poking fun at Nicole any chance he could which included referencing a "snaaacks" meme every time she returned from the office kitchen. This lead Nicole to hide snacks in her drawer and silently eat to avoid being teased. Nicole set up a Hinge account but feared someone from work would find her on there. As fate would have it. Cagen came across her profile. From there, the two lightly chatted and eventually Cagen asked Nicole to meet him for drinks at Moon tower Saloon. They spent the next two years in quarantine and realized they never got sick of each other.