Fun Fact: Charlie Heaton and Natalia Dyer Once Recruited “Steve” Joe Keery to Help Hide Their Romance

Back in 2017, rumors about Stranger Things co-stars Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton began to swirl, yet the pair wasn’t quite ready to go public.

Fans later pointed out that during their appearance at the 2017 SAG Awards, the couple seemed to bring along their close friend — and on-screen baby-sitter — Joe Keery as an undercover buffer to keep their relationship under wraps.

Observers noticed that whenever the trio posed together on the red carpet, Keery looked adorably awkward, almost as if he’d been unintentionally dragged into the covert operation.

But after that awards season moment, the secrecy didn’t last long. Dyer and Heaton made their relationship official toward the end of 2017, and by early 2018, Dyer was already speaking warmly about Heaton in interviews, including with Us Weekly.