John and Madeleine grew up 2 miles away from each other in neighboring towns. They attended the same high school (go Trevs!) and the same college (Pony up!), and yet despite being only two years apart, they never (knowingly) crossed paths. That is, until 2018, when John slid into Madeleine's DMs asking her on a date after she moved back to Chicago from Dallas. John and Madeleine would continue to talk on and off for the next few years, making dates and cancelling on each other last minute over and over again due to conflicting work schedules and John constantly being out of the state. Fast forward to July 2020, when John and Madeleine were both stuck in Chicago due to a global pandemic and officially out of excuses to keep cancelling on each other, they went on their first date. Four years later, they're simultaneously confused at how the other was always hiding in plain sight and grateful they found each other at just the right time.