Lexx & Connor

October 20, 2018 • Glen Mills, PA

Lexx & Connor

October 20, 2018 • Glen Mills, PA

Our Story

The Meet Cute That Just Gets Cuter

Lexx and Connor were both screenwriting students at Drexel University. In April 2015, they both volunteered to participate in Accepted Students Day(s)--Lexx in a glorified "line leader" role, while Connor answered questions on the Co Op panel. After the first day of volunteering, all of the volunteers retired to 027 for free lunch. Lexx overheard Connor speaking to Professor Kaufhold about his senior project, Kaiju. Kaufhold mentioned Ultraman in the conversation, and Lexx--a professional eavesdropper--picked up the familiar tidbit and inserted herself into the conversation. She and Connor chatted for a while before he had to leave for a Quidditch match. She gave him her card and never heard from him again..for a whole ten days. She had seen him the next week at the second Accepted Students Day. He had added her on Facebook, but nothing. However, after those ten days, Connor noticed some interesting mutual friends and through the power of the internet, the two began talking day and night. Lexx would go to Connor's apartment at 40th and Baring, and hang out there all night until almost five in the morning. They would talk, write, and just enjoy each other's company. Lexx went to Los Angeles in June 2015, and they stayed in sporadic contact. Lexx got pneumonia in late June, early July--as one does in the middle of Summer in California--and the only company she found was Connor. In the early fall of 2015, the two were FaceTiming and chatting every night. Connor supported Lexx through a lot of difficult moments that she was going through. Lexx loved Connor's company. They engaged in a writing challenge together in October 2015 as Lexx searched for an apartment for them to share. She finally found one for them to move into on October 25th, 2015. Connor bought his ticket for the 24th--the same evening as the Blumhouse Halloween party that Lexx would be attending as an intern. On Wednesday, October 20th, Lexx managed to grow a pair and ask Connor to be her boyfriend. He joyfully accepted the proposal. Lexx picked Connor up at the airport, still covered in latex and blood from the party, late Saturday evening and they made the little apartment a wonderful home. They celebrated their first Thanksgiving on their own, and even put up their very first Christmas tree together. The apartment memories were full of snuggles, Let's Plays, writing Pow-Wows, and home cooked dinners. It was a splendid paradise. Lexx and Connor stayed just as connected and in love once Lexx returned to Philadelphia to complete her education. She returned in late June for a visit, and then back again in October 2016. They recreated their first date for their anniversary: Nanbankan and a trip to The Sovereign--formerly Judy Garland's yacht, and now Larry Nelson's yacht, and possibly the most beautiful yacht ever--for a few rounds of Boggle and some slow dancing. After Lexx mercilessly spanked Connor at the longest four rounds of Boggle in the man's life, the two retired to the lounge to slow dance to their song, Haley Reinhart's "Can't Help Falling in Love With You"--brought to them via an incredibly well written and conceived gum commercial Connor shared with Lexx in early October 2015. After the song concluded, Connor got down on one knee, presented Lexx with the most beautiful ring she had ever seen, and asked her to marry him. Lexx, for the first time in her entire life, couldn't find any words. She was so overcome by joy. She finally managed to say a yes before smothering Connor with kisses. The next day, they went to Disneyland to Mickey's Halloween Party. They are dorks, but they are dorks that were written for one another.