In the summer of 2021, a lonely bachelor was invited to play his favorite horror game with new friends. In this game, he played the role of a vicious murderer whose sole goal was to terrorize the other players until he ended their digital lives in a gruesome manner. Among this new group of would-be victims stood a particularly defiant survivor—a woman who talked trash like no other, a girl whose fiery charm burned through her gaming avatar. And after his knife plunged into her character’s belly, he knew this woman would play a large role in his life.

Gaming turned to late-night talks, late-night talks turned to confidence, and confidence turned into lifelong friendship. After five years, this friendship blossomed into the strongest love this former bachelor had ever felt, and he knew for sure that the spunky girl he captured in that fateful game would be his future wife someday.