Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson hold hands as they laugh their way through another day on set after reuniting 20 years on from Dawson's Creek
The duo, who starred as Joey Potter (Katie) and Pacey Witter (Joshua) on Dawson's Creek more than two decades ago, sent fans into a frenzy on Monday as they finally reunited in Manhattan, New York.
And it seems the excitement of filming together once again hasn't worn off yet for the stars, who were pictured beaming.
They arrived side-by-side, with a radiant Katie, 46, spotted joking with her co-star and former boyfriend, 47, who sported a stylish green jacket for the day.
After Katie took off a striped pink shirt, the pair were later seen enjoying a catch-up while sat on a bench, with the actress once again unable to contain her laughter.
And in a moment which will no doubt warm the hearts of Dawson's Creek lovers, Katie and Joshua were pictured holding hands while gazing at each other affectionately.
It comes after Katie gushed about her friendship with Joshua in an Instagram post, writing: 'I am so very grateful to be working again with so many of my wonderful friends on this film HAPPY HOURS. And working with Josh after so many years is a testament to friendship.'
The pair portrayed former lovers who cross paths years later and rekindle their romance in the popular American teen soap, which ended in 2003 after six seasons.
However they actually struck up a romance off-camera, with Katie and Joshua dating during the early years of the show.
Katie, then around 20, told Rolling Stone in 1998: 'I'm just going to say that I met somebody last year, I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable.
'I feel so fortunate because he's now one of my best friends. It's weird, it's almost like a Dawson-and-Joey type thing now. He's been in the business so long, and he's really helped me. I respect him as a friend and as a professional.'
After the pair at-last reunited this week, a host of supporters and celebrity pals took to Instagram to express their delight.
Once of whom was Busy Philipps - who featured on Dawson's Creek as Pacey Witter's girlfriend, Audrey Liddle. She showed her excitement for the upcoming Happy Hours film, commenting: 'We are seated.'
Other fans wrote: 'Joey and Pacey forever!'
Busy took to the comments section of Katie's post, writing: 'We are seated.'
'Joey and Pacey end game,' Instagram user @hapagal73 agreed.
'You know you triggered an entire generation with this post,' Instagram user @shanja12 commented. '[I] cannot wait to see the project!'
Instagram user @dani_o_catlady wrote: 'Elder millennial minds are exploding right now.'
Instagram user @sonolaniki shared a funny meme of Dawson crying.
'Well, at least we didn't have to wait for our lives to be over!' Instagram user @einheinser quoted the theme song, Paula Cole's 1997 hit I Don't Want to Wait.
'Hear me out,' Instagram user @mrsblumenfeld commented. 'You and Josh fall in love in real life.'
Both Jackson and Holmes are divorced parents-of-daughters having officially ended his five-year marriage to Jodie Turner-Smith in May.
'You know you triggered an entire generation with this post,' Instagram user @shanja12 commented. '[I] cannot wait to see the project!'
'Well, at least we didn't have to wait for our lives to be over!' Instagram user @einheinser quoted the theme song, Paula Cole's 1997 hit I Don't Want to Wait
Holmes ended her six-year marriage to Tom Cruise in 2012.
Happy Hours, their new endeavour, sees Holmes and Jackson star alongside Mary-Louise Parker, Constance Wu, Joe Tippett, Nathan Darrow, Johnna Dias-Watson, and Jack Martin.
Sting's second wife Trudie Styler is one of the eight IMDb-credited producers on the ambitious project.
The Rare Objects director-star enlisted her Our Town castmates John McGinty, Donald Webber Jr., and Sky Smith to appear in her trilogy.
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