Sidekick Syndrome

The phenomenon by which you were never hot enough in high school to be anything more than your cool slacker best friend's wingman - until you enrolled at a top college full of other virginal nerds. Now all of a sudden you're a stud by default, or maybe you just have an average amount of pull, but it's completely new and now you have no idea how to act.

Person 1: If Fred from Freshman 15 has been dating Suzy from Sig O for two months, how come he's still so weird about kissing her in public?
Person 2: He has a classic case of sidekick syndrome. Go 'Cats.