Intro. Once, there was wariness between them: each one waiting for the other to make a move. Then came trust—quiet, hard-won through battles fought side by side, through silent nods when words weren’t needed. And after that came care: he’d slip her his jacket on bitter nights without a word, and she’d whisper, “You’ve got this,” whenever he started to doubt himself. And now, after all the roads and storms, the decision to tie their lives together didn’t feel sudden at all, but like the only thing that ever truly made sense—as if they’d finally stopped fighting what had been living between them all along...