We met each other at the Boys and Girls club of Harlem in the summer of 2018. Shannon moved to NYC for grad school and was placed as a masters in social work intern at the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem, where Aaron was working as a fundraiser. After a few months of Shannon thinking that Aaron was cute and Aaron ignoring her since she was an "intern," Shannon got the courage to send a few late night dm's to Aaron. She was pleasantly surprised (and secretly freaking out) once she woke up to a response about how Aaron was running a race in the freezing cold. Despite Shannon thinking Aaron was insane for running, especially in the freezing cold and rain, they did not stop talking to each other after those fateful messages. Shannon then got the courage to be really cool and plan a super casual friend happy hour in their neighborhood and invited Aaron to join (with the expectation that he would also bring friends). However, Aaron showed up by himself (Aaron apparently didn’t want to burden his friends until he knew if Shannon was actually cool or not). But, after a long night of gallivanting around the city, a romantic midnight stroll, and kiss on the stoop of Shannon’s East Village apartment- the rest was history!!!