Tristan and Elisse met in the middle of a ghastly pandemic, in a quiet little conference room with tiny chairs and an uncomfortable sofa. Though their first encounter was unlikely, unplanned, and fraught with social awkwardness at every turn (most of it the fault of the bookworm), they each managed to escape with their pride (most of it, anyway) and a seven-digit promise to meet again. It only took a handful of quarrels about how Harry Potter should have ended and why Napoleon Dynamite is a work of art before they realized they each needed to spend far more time together. And nine months later, they decided to go on spending time together for the rest of their days.