They met on a dating app — classic 21st-century romance. John was ready to meet up right away. Brooke, on the other hand, was “too busy” (her words). Between night shifts, traveling, and the minor detail of John living pretty far away, she kept putting it off. John called it ghosting. Brooke called it prioritizing. Tomato, tomahto.

Fast forward a bit, and the universe stepped in. Brooke took a travel nurse job in Daytona, unknowingly moving much closer to the guy she’d been “definitely meaning to get back to.” A few weeks into the assignment, John walked into her ER — not for a date, but escorting a guy who had been shot in the foot. Because, of course, that’s how their real first meeting would go.

From there, everything clicked. The timing finally made sense, and what started as a few missed chances turned into something they never saw coming — a story they wouldn’t change for anything.