Soria and Antoine walking through the pines

    How It Started

    Our Story

    Nine years, told in four chapters.

    A bookshop, a rainy Tuesday

    2016

    A bookshop, a rainy Tuesday

    Soria was reading the last copy of a novel Antoine had come in for. Neither of them bought it. They shared burnt coffee instead and talked until the shop closed.

    Three continents, one suitcase

    2019

    Three continents, one suitcase

    Two years of trains, night flights and postcards. They learned to argue about maps and agree about pastries, and decided that anywhere with the other in it counted as home.

    The pines, the question

    2023

    The pines, the question

    On a cold morning above Flagstaff, with frost on the ferns and a ring warming in a coat pocket, Antoine asked. Soria said yes before he finished the sentence.

    The long yes

    2025

    The long yes

    This October we're saying it again, out loud, in front of everyone we love — in the same pines where it all became official.

    "The best part of the story is the part you're in."

    Join us in October