A love written in the stars and shadows

We met in August when I started working at a coffee company. At first, I didn’t think much of him—I honestly thought he wasn’t the brightest, but that was just my initial impression. Since I was working nights, we barely saw each other until my schedule switched to mornings because they needed extra help. That’s when we started spending more time together, and I slowly began to get to know him. I was mostly focused on my own business at work and never really thought much about him—until one day, around October 3rd. I didn’t have any pockets and wasn’t wearing an apron (it was a licensed location, so they didn’t mind), so I dropped my phone into his apron pocket. When I got home later and checked my phone, I noticed he had taken a picture on it—I still have that photo. I messaged him through our work app, and from there, he started shooting his shot. I was overwhelmed and not really in the best headspace at the time, but I decided to see where things could go. I invited him over one night, and we ended up hanging out and talking for hours. From that night on, he never really left. By October 31st, we were officially together. He’d come over every day after work, and if our schedules lined up, we’d even head into work together.