Like all the best stories, ours begins at the lake. With our families' cottages just one street apart, we became fast friends during those long, sun-soaked summers — spending our days on the boat, playing yard volleyball and cornhole, and belting out karaoke at Bar 7. For years, we were just "summer friends"... until one winter, Tyler did something unexpected — he reached out outside of lake season. He asked Alex to grab dinner (a bold move for someone who usually disappeared after Labor Day), and the rest, as they say, is history.