Tane (Ethan Browne) tries to kiss Harper (Jessica Redmayne) back in January, after misreading their friendship whilst on the rebound from Felicity (Jacqui Purvis).
Tane and Felicity split back in October last year when Tane discovered that Flick was still taking her birth control pills despite agreeing that they would try for a baby.
Shortly after the split, Tane moved in with Mackenzie (Emily Weir) and Mali (Kyle Shilling), and soon went on the rebound, bringing numerous girls back to the farmhouse to help him get over his failed marriage.
Home and Away Promo – Romance for Tane and Harper In that time, his friendship with new arrival Harper grew and grew, with Harper and her sister Dana (Ally Harris) becoming Tane’s most regular personal training clients.
Felicity quickly became jealous of Tane’s new friendship, fearing that Tane was on the cusp of moving on with another Summer Bay resident.
While Harper made it clear to Felicity that she wasn’t looking for anything other than friendship with her estranged husband, it wasn’t long until Tane himself made a move. As the pair finished a training session, Tane went in for a kiss. Harper immediately pulled away with a shocked “what are you doing?”, before making a sharp exit from the beach. Harper was expecting another confrontation when Felicity overheard Dana joking about the kiss. She went to Felicity prepared to explain herself, but was thrown by Flick’s calm reaction as she simply asked when exactly it happened, before thanking her for her honesty.
When Tane then headed to his and Flick’s former home to explain himself, Flick again remained remarkably calm, telling him that he didn’t need to explain—they’re not together any more, and all she wants is for him to be happy.
Felicity’s kind words impressed Tane, and as they smiled at each other, their old spark reignited. Before they knew it, Tane found himself planting a kiss on Flick.
The pair spent the night together, giving Felicity hope of a reunion, but it wasn’t long before Tane was forced to let her down again, as he told her that their night of passion didn’t change anything.
Since then, Felicity has tried to put her marriage behind her, while still attempting to maintain a friendship with Tane.
After he was arrested for abducting baby Poppy – who he had renamed Maia – Flick did her best to support him, but found herself shut out, with Tane recently giving her a serve as he told her, “I don’t need help from you. We’re not together any more, we’re nothing.”
In an awkward turn of events, Tane’s words gave Felicity the encouragement she needed to move on. Unfortunately, that just so happened to be with Tane’s lawyer.
When Felicity found a handsome man named Marshall (Nic English) sitting alone in Salt and working away on his laptop, she was intrigued.