Quite the Pair

De: 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 on West 49th Street over a decade ago. Now in their early thirties and living with their respective long-term partners, their lives in New York City are finally on track: Austin is performing on Broadway eight times a week, 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; and for Sydney, it means prioritising herself for possibly the first time in history.

But it's not long before Austin's resolve starts to crack-a gorgeous children's book editor has absolutely nothing to do with that-and Sydney slips all too easily 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?