AK and Nicky's relationship (Beneath the Airwaves)
as my story unfolds, I keep thinking of AK and Nicky as a pairing, more specifically- after The Finale, they only retain memories of what happened, and they have sort of codependent QPR, they realize their past upbringing does not define them. a lot of the relationship being genuine but also defined by trauma (of the monsters attacking hazelnut, finding out they are cartoons) and them wanting to find out what happened to them. nicky has a lot of relationship trauma from being with stuart, especially as it pertains to recovering memories of what happened when she grew up. AK quickly becoming overprotective of Nicky, yet really wanting to be nurturing. I also really liked the idea of his day job/persona being a magician (the idea was given to me by i-stand-unshaken), being so obsessed with science, and then later with the power of hyperreality taking an interest in magic. nicky having a type of eccentricity/flashiness, a character he only uses with his magician persona. he would be healthy with her some ways and some other ways. another thing is that "kevin" from the finale wouldn't actually exist as a canon mutual romantic relationship, and that nicky wasn't really in the finale- but it was a double of her. another thing, is AK being genuinely very therapeutic to Nicky, something she needs considering the state of therapy in her own universe (like straight up not having good therapy in Hazelnut or anywhere). she becomes very defensive as a character flaw
