We met through mutual friends in college—he was at ECU, and I was at NC State. At first, we both thought the other was shy, but that quickly changed when we spent spring break together, staying up all night talking about everything. When the pandemic hit, we made up for the distance with marathon FaceTime calls—so long that we even broke our phones! Our first date was at Dorothea Dix Park, where we had the whole place to ourselves. Through it all, we became best friends, and now we can’t wait to keep building our life together as husband and wife.