Ryan and Marmalade

This explains the relationship between Ryan Fortune and Marmalade Heartswell.
==Original Universe==
Marmalade and Ryan have always gotten along together during their time. She didn't really care for him much when he first started to hang out and often felt like he was just there for no reason. She finds him to be very chill and likes his sense of humor. Unlike his girlfriend, Ryan liked the energy that Marmalade had, and he often joked around with her. He liked how she was more dynamic than Emma, and usually agreed with her opinions.
The two didn't really connect with each other that much for a long time. However, their friendship was taken to another level in high school, when Ryan found out that Marmalade smoked. They would usually hang out and walk around, sharing some bud and getting high together. They called themselves "blunt buddies" because they smoked the most out of The Gang. 
Ryan was very supportive of Marmalade during the Summer of 2015, when she broke up with Louis for a while. He told her that he would date her if he wasn't with Gwen, which made her feel good, but also very uncomfortable. She didn't view him to be a boyfriend-like figure. 
However, in 2019, when he heard about their neighbor couple's second falling out, he wasn't so supportive. He told Marmalade if she did it drunk, she wanted to do it sober, and that she just got bored of Louis. After Louis and Marmalade made peace with each other, Ryan followed suite. After Marmalade's episode, he and his girlfriend made her feel welcomed with open arms.
Ryan was the first of the group to find out that Marmalde became a stripper in 2021, when his buddy texted him that she solicited him at the club. Marmalade surprisingly wasn't ashamed of her decision, nor did she care if she told the rest of the group, as long as her family didn't figure it out. Ryan decided to keep her newfound profession a secret.