to have and to hold

Miranda's POV: Spotted this shy cutie in Navy lab tech school, but kept a distance. Got sent underway with him about a year later because of COVID (lowkey may have been looking forward to seeing him more than going underway for the first time). Made it my mission to get him to unhide his smile and tell me more about himself. After a few weeks, he's driving me home from the ship and asking me on a first date— the beach and tacos. We've been inseparable since<3 Matthew's POV:one month of sleepy ha-has and crosswords in the galley off the east coast plus three years to now. shes a keeper