We met in college during our freshman and sophomore year while enrolled in ROTC. We spent over two years working together, learning together and leading together in unique ways and often under strenuous circumstances. For a couple years we were friends, doing color guard, ranger challenges, and field training exercises together. We were often questioned by friends and acquaintances by the "what if" of a romantic relationship. Finally there came an obvious point in the fall of 2023 where we could no longer deny our desires to surpass the boundaries of friendship. Naturally, we found ourselves at a Texas Roadhouse for our first date and thus the beginning of our story!