We met during the first COVID era of medical school, and though Sam was skeptical of me at first, we became study buddies with our group of friends over the summer. After a few months of friendship, I helped her build new furniture after a flood in her basement apartment which led to some sparks and a first date not long after that. Of course Sam lost her voice before the date meaning Chris did all the talking (no surprise there), but we had amazing tapas at Bar Plancha followed by a haunted house. Both of us came in nice clothes for the first date and brought a change into cozy fall clothes without the other knowing, and the rest is history. Since then, we've created our own language understood only by us, a few dozen homemade pizza nights, and found an endlessly growing love that will last a lifetime and more.