Perhaps they worked a shift together in the dining hall. Maybe they crossed paths between classes or ran into each other getting coffee. But eventually, they did meet, and the rest is history...kind of. Ask Char today her first impression of Tim, and she’ll tell you: “he was always flirting with me!” Ask Tim to respond, and he’ll tell you: “I absolutely was always flirting with her.” A few years later, Char and Tim found themselves working down the hall from each other in Manhattan. Tim stopped flirting just long enough for them to become friends, and then decided to risk it all and ask her out. She said yes. After a few years bopping around New York, Char moved to Washington, D.C. Tim followed six months later. They moved to Virginia and searched for good pizza. When the world shut down, Tim stocked up on beans and Char kept him sane while finding countless ways to make canned beans delicious. Confident that if their relationship could survive quarantine, it could survive anything, Tim decided to risk it all once more and ask Char another question. She said yes. Again.