He needed his nightly Starbucks before patrolling the streets, and she decided to flirt with the cute officer by giving away a free coffee. It only took a few dates before we were hooked on each other because of a shared love for books, travel, and a desire to understand the world. After bouncing all over the globe, we realized home is when we are together. Now we have decided to take the leap as we look forward to a life of reading over each other's academic journals, of traveling, of jamming out to all the really cheesy songs, of trying to make the world around us a better place, and of coffee.