When Alec and Lexie both attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, they often ran in similar circles and knew of one another, but it wasn't until after college that their love story began. At the height of the COVID pandemic, Alec had just recently moved to downtown Nashville and Lexie was living in an apartment less than a mile away. Lexie's roommate (and bridesmaid), Blair, had become close friends with Alec during their last year of college. So, when the lockdowns left them with little to do, the three of them spent most days together doing puzzles and walking the deserted streets of downtown Nashville. Days quickly turned into weeks and Alec and Lexie still found themselves spending almost every day together. Alec refused to let the pandemic keep him from taking Lexie on a proper date and created the perfect day by serving her wine, a homecooked meal, and watching all the Marvel movies under a self-constructed canopy of lights and bed sheets strung from the ceiling of his apartment. It wasn't long before it became obvious that they had found something special, and they began to fall for each other hard and fast. After just three months, they became official, and less than one month later, they exchanged their first "I love you's" during a Jon Pardi parking lot concert. Alec fit seamlessly into Lexie's family, like a piece they didn't realize they were missing. Just as fast as Lexie fell in love, her family quickly followed suit and Alec found himself as a groomsman in her sister and now brother-in-law's wedding only three months into dating. The saying "when you know, you know" had never seemed so accurate. As weeks turned into months and months into years, they remained inseparable and head over heels for each other. Alec proposed to Lexie on May 26th, 2023, and now 3 years into their love story, they own a beautiful house together in the heart of Nashville where Alec works as a Digital Strategist and Lexie works as a Nurse Practitioner at Skyline Emergency Department. To most, the COVID pandemic is a reminder of all that was lost, but for Alec and Lexie, it is a beautiful memory of how they found something that some spend their lives searching for.