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Years after the credits rolled, Chandler and Monica take a "trial separation" that lands him right back in Manhattan - and three blocks away from Joey Tribbiani.
It starts with a few visits, a couple of pizzas, and one very crooked IKEA shelf. Before long, they're spending every night the way they used to: laughing over bad TV, sharing inside jokes, and pretending the rerun isn't new.
Old rhythms resurface - the jokes, the comfort, the easy warmth that never really went away. But somewhere between the punchlines and the quiet pauses, Chandler starts to wonder if they've been circling around the same truth all along.
And when Joey finally says, "I didn't miss it - I was just waiting for reruns," it stops being nostalgia and starts feeling like something they were always meant to return to.
A bittersweet, funny, and tender story about second chances, late-night pizza, and the realization that some friendships were never just that - they were love stories waiting for their rerun.