We met each other in 2018, and from the very beginning, there was something special between us. We spent months getting to know each other from a distance, but everything changed when she flew out to Nebraska to visit me. The moment we were finally together in person, everything just clicked. We explored the quiet beauty of the Midwest, shared long talks, laughed until it hurt, and somewhere in between it all—we fell in love. That trip was the start of something real, and we both knew it.