We first met in 2021 when I was a camp counselor—sick as could be—and Caroline came over to check on me… right before I threw up in a trash can. (Romantic, I know.)

We didn’t talk again for a year and a half, but in the summer of 2023 we became friends, bonding over camp chaos and inside jokes.

That fall, a four-hour giant swing shift turned into endless questions, exploring a dry lake bed, and realizing how much fun we had together.

A few months later, after working a Christmas light show, I finally told her I liked her—and that’s where it all began.