Michael and Leiam were friends and roommates in collage and also took almost all the same classes besides Michael taking an extra class for fun (he wanted to see what his limit was for classes he could take before not being able to keep up with all the work, wanting to be really smart in a bunch of topics. Leiam was the one to stop xem after 1 extra) ((didn’t help that it was a dumb weight lifting class, Michael is strong as hell now but holy shit he was really tired and sore constantly in school)
They both knew each other in high school but Michael was in sports clubs and Leiam was in a DnD club (LIKE A NERD-) Leiam wanted to become friends ormorethanfriendsimeanwhat- with the pretty strong guy but he had no confidence and less social skills than a rock so he didn’t talk to him until Michael, against the bad advice of his group of popular sports team friends, joined the DnD club to get close to Leiam after the years of nerdy shy boy running from the popular sports boi. They started to bond over both liking DnD and learning! Then they only got closer over the years :)
Look at that a trauma free story!
SIKE MICHAEL ALMOST DIED
It was way after they met, when they were both working for (company name here) and when Michael was sent to go research the warden. He got hit by the warden and almost got killed by his whole body getting slammed into rocks!!! Also lost some memory!!! At least now he has some cool scars on his back to show off for surviving a deadly creature? Leiam did cry a shit ton during that time because he thought his best friend and partner was dead. Nope he wasn’t and now they live happily ever after the end
(Michael definitely isn’t banned from researching in Warden spawnable ancient cities because of his dumb actions that lead to getting attacked Nope not at all)
