Our story began the way the best stories often do—quietly, as a friendship that neither of us realized would grow into something extraordinary. What started as two teenagers navigating life and identity soon blossomed into a fairytale neither of us dared to imagine. Seth was the cool, handsome, guy who seemed to effortlessly pull the world into his orbit. Solomon found himself gazing at him a little too long, a little too often, carrying a crush he believed would never be returned. So he tucked those feelings away and chose friendship instead—a friendship that soon sparked a magnetic curiosity neither of us could ignore. For a moment, romance flickered between us… but life had other plans. Seth moved away from Colorado, and for nearly six years, our paths drifted apart. Yet fate has a beautiful way of circling back to what’s meant to be. When Seth returned to Colorado, time hadn’t dimmed a thing. He reached out immediately, following the pull he had always felt toward Solomon and then he asked a question Solomon had once only dreamed of hearing: “Will you be my boyfriend?”Six months later, on a windy winter night—ten years after that first spark—Solomon asked a question of his own. He asked Seth not only to share Valentine’s Day with him, but to share a lifetime.“Will you marry me?”And Seth said… yes.