Gabriel and Jake

Gabriel and Jake is a small relationship seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Gabriel and Jake is a semi-friendship between Gabriel Simons and Jake Stewart seen mostly in Jake's story route.
The two do know about each other in Ryan Carter and Gabriel's story routes but don't interact that much and aren't really friends. They do seem respect to each other but just don't hang out or know each other that well in comparison to their mutual friends, Jake does try to help Gabriel trap his father Steven Simons into confessing his crimes, but fails in the bad ending.

In Jake's story route however, is where their small friendship has an underlining sweetness to it and the two do seem to care about about and understand each other. Gabriel is very good friends with the player in Jake's route, the two hang out a lot and the player even acts as his wingman sometimes. Gabriel was extremely supportive of the player wanting to date Jake and also kind of being hung up on Ashton Darrow at the same time and he always encouraged her to follow her heart.

Some characters might have taken Gabriel and the player's friendship the wrong way and get jealous, but not Jake. At first Jake was jealous of Gabriel but that's because Gabriel was provoking him and teasing the player, but then Jake realized that they were nothing but good friends who had a platonic relationship and he was much more open and understanding to Gabriel and the two never seem to argue or bicker.

When Jake saw Gabriel dancing with the player, he smiled and knew that they were only friends with a sweet relationship and would never look at each other in a romantic way and was glad that the player had Gabriel to confide in. Gabriel and Jake respected each other a lot in Jake's route and Gabriel was always smiling and teasing the player whenever Jake was around or when she would talk about him and was happy that they eventually started dating. He would even give her relationship advice and cheer her up when she was sad about Jake and never bad mouthed him.

The two aren't close in Jake's route but their is sense of respect and care between them, and Jake's route is the only route where Gabriel has male friends, being Ashton and sometimes Jake. If Jake were to get a season 2, their friendship could expand and Gabriel could have more legitimate friends which is what he needs.

In Ryan's route, the two have almost no interaction, Gabriel is good friends with Jake's girlfriend Jenny Blake though, and he babysits Jake and Jenny's twin daughters in the season 3 good ending which shows that Jake trusts Gabriel enough to leave his baby daughters alone with him for a while.

Even though they still don't know each other that well, there is no doubt that they would be there for each other if needed for the player's sake since she cares about them both. This is a friendship that has many possibilities as it's clear that the two do have chemistry and get along.

## Trivia

* Gabriel serves as the male best friend type character in Jake's story route rather than Matt Ortega.
	+ Gabriel seems to be more well received by fans in Jake's route as well.
		- Jake's route is the only story route where Gabriel has a male friend.
* Jake can be considered as the unofficial 3rd or 4th love interest in Gabriel's route and Gabriel can be considered as the unofficial 3rd love interest in Jake's route.