Gabriel and Ryan

Gabriel and Ryan is a relationship seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Gabriel and Ryan is a professional friendship between Gabriel Simons and Ryan Carter seen in some story routes. The two are not actually friends or are close but do seem to have respect for each other and could get along better if they actually hung out outside of work. Their friendship is strictly professional and the two are almost never seen together outside of work.

In Gabriel's route, Gabriel is sometimes jealous of Ryan. The first reason being after he and the player got into an argument in season 1, the player entered the elevator where Ryan was, and Ryan gave her his handkerchief because he saw that she was crying. Later on after she and Gabriel had made up from that argument, she and Gabriel entered the elevator together where Ryan was once again, when the player saw him she gave him his handkerchief back and thanked him for originally giving it to her, which he told her to keep, all while Gabriel watched their interaction confused. When they got off the elevator and went outside, Gabriel was furious and wanted to know what the player's relationship with Ryan was and thought that something had gone on between them.

Other times in certain conversations, Gabriel seems jealous of Ryan's power and status, he seems to want his job and life, or believes that he should have it and feels like he'll never go further up in his career. But Gabriel doesn't seem to hate Ryan at all but just yearns for his life and money, and also seemed sad to lose one of his employees to Ryan when he promoted her to his executive assistant. It's unclear if Gabriel seemed sad because he was going to miss the player being under his branch because he thought she was a good worker or because he liked her, if he sad that she was being promoted rather than him or if it was because he lost an employee to Ryan which was a strike to his ego. When the player has to give Gabriel an order later in the story under Ryan's command, he seems aggravated and doesn't like the fact that her or Ryan have the power to boss him around.

This is just speculation, but it is also possible that Gabriel is jealous of Ryan due to Ryan being with the player. Gabriel seemed to be attracted to the player and possibly wanted to be with her which could have sparked some spite from him towards Ryan.

Ryan's thoughts on Gabriel aren't as clear, he hired Gabriel and believes he is a good boss, but doesn't pay him a lot of thought. There have never been signs of spite or jealousy from Ryan towards Gabriel, Gabriel doesn't have a big impact on Ryan's life enough for him to think or talk about him a lot.

The two can be similar, Gabriel is sometimes referred to as the original Ryan, as in he was a strong willed and dominant personality who was the player's boss, leading to an inappropriate work relationship between boss and employee, only Ryan was more well received after being released. They both have a womanizing past and like sex, work a lot, are labeled as charismatic and are kind hearted but are also kind of stubborn and problematic.

The two not being close could be a good thing as two strong, alpha male personalities can cause conflict, an example being Gabriel's relationship with Matt Ortega, which ended with them hating each other because of their competitiveness over women. But the two could also bond over their similarities, in fact, the two not being closer is a little shocking as Gabriel is good friends with Ryan's younger sister, Jenny Blake, and often babysits Ryan's nieces as well.

## Trivia

* They are 2 of the 8 original characters and 5 original love interests.
* They were both on the cover of Gabriel's old cover (until it was updated).
* Neither of them started off as a 2nd love interest in a previous story route before getting their own.
* They are the only main love interests that have never appeared in another main secret image during another story route, they have only been seen in images from their perspective story routes.
* Gabriel bears more physical resemblances to Ryan's son than Ryan does.
* They are both on the cover of the Is it Love? Art Book and have art featured in it.
* They are both 28 years old, and 31 in Ryan's season 3.
* Ryan's route has more secret images than any other full story route in Carter Corp, and Gabriel's has the least.
* Both of their stories were originally books that were written by Claire Zamora before they were adapted into games.