We met in Pensacola while Maddie was in tech school and Dameon was stationed there. Like all great modern love stories, it started on Hinge. It took us a few weeks to actually go out because his car "burned down." (Yes. Literally burned down. There were questions.) When we finally met, Dameon picked Maddie up in a borrowed mom van from a friend, and somehow that didn't scare her off. We went for sushi, then spent hours sitting and talking, sharing our favorite music, and talking about case law until time completely got away from us. From then on, we were practically inseparable. Safe to say the mom van didn't ruin his chances... and the car really did burn down.