Quite the Pair

By: Tobias Madden

Two best friends. One apartment. Zero chance of this going to plan.

Austin and Sydney have been best friends since he moved into her shoebox apartment in New York City over a decade ago. Now in their early thirties and living with their long-term partners, their lives are finally on track: Austin is performing on Broadway and Sydney is the VP comma Marketing at a lucrative tech startup. Everything is perfect. They're so happy. (Right?)

But when both of their relationships implode on the same night, Austin and Sydney realise that things weren't quite as perfect as they seemed, and that their only option is to move back in together.

The pair make a pact to use their new twelve-month lease to break the cycle of their toxic habits. For Austin, this means not falling in love with every man who so much as looks at him; for Sydney, it means prioritising herself, for possibly the first time in history.

It's not long, though, before Austin's resolve starts to crack-a gorgeous children's book editor has absolutely nothing to do with that-and Sydney slips back into old patterns, letting the shadow of Austin's presence eclipse her own needs.

The question is: can people truly change? Or are these self-proclaimed soulmates doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over . . . and risk losing each other in the process?