Meeting Daniel
I met Daniel on a rainy Tuesday morning.
The coffee shop where I worked sat across from several office buildings downtown. Every day, professionals rushed in for caffeine before work.
Daniel was different.
Instead of staring at his phone, he smiled.
Instead of barking orders, he asked how my day was going.
And instead of treating me like part of the furniture, he treated me like a person.
Over time, our conversations grew longer.
He learned my favorite books.
I learned that he loved hiking.
We discovered a shared obsession with old movies and terrible reality television.
Eventually, he asked me out.
I said yes.
The relationship developed naturally.
