Before there were thirsty TikTok edits, there was Bop magazine and thousands of teenagers writing fan fiction. Of course, unless you were truly delusional, there was some understanding that these yarns would never come to life. But comedy writer Kristen Mulrooney is living all of our dreams right now, because her fan fic just came true — kind of.

In 2002, a 15-year-old Mulrooney sat in her bedroom and wrote a story about accidentally falling in love with ’90s and ’00s teen heartthrob Devon Sawa of Now and Then, Casper , and Final Destination fame. Twenty-three years later, Vera Bradley brought it to life with its latest Y2K-inspired campaign; in the spot, which you can watch below, Mulrooney and Sawa play their teen selves, inevitably falling in love after she gets dumped by her

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