LOPEZ-ELDRED EST. 2027 PUERTO RICO

It started in a church pew at fourteen and fifteen. It was that first, intense teenage romance—the kind that feels like the entire world until you realize the world is actually quite small. Restricted by parents who weren't ready for us to date and the simple fact that we couldn't yet drive to see each other, the spark eventually faded into a distant memory. We spent the next two decades living separate lives. We grew up, navigated the highs and lows of adulthood, and became the people we are today. We moved in different circles, never realizing our history was actually unfinished. Two years ago, a single DM ended twenty years of silence. What started as a "How have you been?" in January led to a first date that felt less like a beginning and more like a long-overdue return. We realized then that we had never truly let go. By the time we got engaged in October, the answer had been written in our history from the start. On March 13, 2027, we finally say the "I do" that our teenage selves could only dream of.