It would be a long time before their romance would flourish. In the meantime, Mickie and Nick developed a close friendship

But, as we all know, it was only a matter of time before Mickie and Nick finally acknowledged what everybody else already knew. June 14th, 2018 marked the fateful transition from friendship to romance

The rest was history

Despite 5 years of long distance, a pandemic, and the stresses of grad school...

We never looked back