Oh, god, he’ll definitely do the research on his own. Nicky is the last person Neil would willingly open that conversation with, no matter how experienced Nicky is. Nicky’s just so.. loud? unsubtle? enthusiastic? Besides, it’s Nicky’s cousin they’re talking about.
In a previous draft Nicky found out that Neil & Andrew weren’t actually having sex yet, and he put together a how-to guide in a binder for Neil. Andrew was not at all amused by this interference.