Brayden and Elizabeth met in a way neither of them expected: on a dating app, after a simple “Go Vols” message was sent that sparked their first conversation. They quickly hit it off, and Brayden asked Elizabeth to dinner at La Trattoria Sofia in Houston, where over chicken parmesan and espresso martinis they discovered how much they shared - Tennessee roots, military family backgrounds, and the dream of moving back home to Tennessee someday. A week later, they wandered into a five-mile walk through the Houston Heights and shared their first kiss on top of a Ferris wheel downtown. They began dating officially in December following a trip to Nashville where Brayden met Elizabeth's family for the first time.