By the grace of lucky stars and a little cosmic mischief, we found each other halfway across the world in Estonia, brought together by barbells and a World University Cup Powerlifting event neither of us knew would change everything.

William wandered over, slipped into the group like he'd always belonged there, scattered laughter like confetti, and then, just like that, disappeared into the crowd. But the universe, it seems, had other plans.

Back home in the UK, he found the courage to reach out, and she found the courage to say yes.

What followed was a first date that refused to end. Lunch stretched into coffee, coffee wandered into a golden afternoon in the park, the park gave way to pizza, and pizza surrendered to drinks under the evening sky, nearly twelve hours of talking, laughing, and quietly realising that something rare and wonderful had begun.