Back in high school, Shane and Isha existed in completely separate orbits — different schools, crossing paths only a handful of times at mutual friends' hangouts before heading off to different colleges and losing touch entirely.

Years later, Shane became a physician. Isha channeled her energy into founding the Global Impact Project, an international aid nonprofit. When Shane came across her work online, he reached out — purely to talk shop about building out the medical side of her global health projects.

They met at a quiet coffee shop for what was supposed to be a professional catch-up. The medical talk lasted thirty minutes. The rest of the three-hour conversation was pure chemistry — finishing each other's sentences, realizing his clinical drive and her humanitarian heart were mirror images of each other. As the coffee shop began to close, the professional pretense had entirely dissolved.

"We sorted out the global health project. But I still want to catch up with you. Dinner tomorrow?"
— Shane, walking out into the evening air

The proposal came at Red Bud Isle, right on Lake Austin. Isha thought she was headed out to a DJ set with her sister and a pregnant friend, somewhere in the middle of nowhere — she had no idea the "set" was Shane, a path of white roses, and everyone she loved waiting under the trees.

These days you'll mostly find them trying to flick each other's nose after tricking the other one into looking down — proof that the chemistry never really faded.