Alan and Lillian's love story began in January 2016, in the most unexpected and perfectly imperfect way — through a FaceTime call, and an Instagram follow request that didn’t work the first time. While Lillian was on FaceTime with one of her friends one day. The phone moved and there he was — the man who would one day become Lillian's future husband — letting her know her friend had knocked out, and casually telling Lillian she should follow him on Instagram. For some reason, it wouldn’t let her follow him first, so she told him to follow her instead. He did, slid into her DMs, they exchanged numbers, and from that moment on… they’ve been connected ever since. Over the past ten years they have grown up together, laughed together, cried together, and walked through life side by side. They faced some of their hardest moments together in 2020, during a time when the whole world already felt heavy. That year changed them, tested them, and bonded Alan and Lillian even more deeply. Fast-forward to December 30, 2025. Lillian was temporarily staying at her parents’ house while recovering from ankle surgery — an important detail in what became the most “thats so them” proposal ever. Alan arrived with what he called a “late Christmas gift" and some Timmy Chans. This wasn’t unusual; when he gives Lillian things in front of her mom, he always asks her mom to record her reaction, so Lillian didn’t think anything of it. They were sitting in her parents’ dining area — with Lillian, happily eating and dancing in her chair like she always do, her mom recording, her dad watching. Alan handed Lillian the gift, she opened it and saw a Funko Pop box. Lillian turned it around and froze. On the front was a custom Funko that looked just like him, holding a ring box and red roses, with the words: “Will you marry me?” Before Lillian could fully process it, Alan was already down on one knee, telling her he had asked her parents for their blessing, asking Lillian the question she had waited ten years to hear. Through tears, she said yes! He placed the ring on her finger, stood up, and she tried to hug him — then remembered her ankle surgery. So Lillian told him to come back down to her, and they hugged there, laughing and crying, exactly in Alan and Lillian's style: emotional, ankle-friendly, and perfectly them. Alan is the introvert, Lillian is the extrovert. Alan is calm, steady, and thoughtful; Lillian is bubbly, expressive, and full of energy. Somehow their worlds intertwined flawlessly. Alan and Lillian are the balance between going out and staying in, between big moments and small quiet ones, between living life fully and savoring the little things. Why Alan and Lillian's love story is unique and special? Their story is special because it wasn’t built on perfection — it was built on connection, friendship, shared grief, growth, and choosing each other over and over again through every season of life. Alan and Lillian started with a random FaceTime moment and an Instagram follow that almost didn’t work, yet here they are, ten years later, building a forever. They have navigated loss, surgery recovery, life changes, and milestones hand in hand. Their proposal didn’t happen on a mountaintop or in a ballroom — it happened in Lillian parents’ dining room, with her mom filming, her dad smiling, a Funko Pop, and her sitting with a healing ankle, telling Alan to “come down to me” so she could hug him. It was intimate, real, and beautifully theirs. Their love isn’t about grand perfection — it’s about showing up, growing together, honoring those we’ve lost, and creating joy in every moment they’re given.