Inspired by this (also partly by my own au, but I just love the idea).
How about Johnny being all "Kerry's my friend, I want to make sure he's good now" and basically Platonic Bro while he actually falls for Kerry deeper and deeper?
And I don't mean it like he feels like V feels something for Kerry and Johnny shares the vibe. No, V is actually very much platonic towards Kerry. But Johnny? Hoo boy, dude is falling at the speed of light for Kerry and has to act all cool and chill so V doesn't start teasing him about it.
And when Johnny gets his body back? He doesn't really want to throw himself at Kerry, especially since Kerry kind of moved on and is like, "Thanks, I'm OK."
So what does Johnny do? He Suffers from Pining (TM). Redemption arc through falling in love with your (ex?) best friend, not being a jerk about it like he might've before, and existing realising that's what Kerry went through back in the day, but way worse (because Johnny WAS an asshole about it). Hehe.













