PART ONE

How it started

A friend’s birthday, a borrowed umbrella and a conversation that lasted until the bar closed.

Sunday rituals

Pancakes, crosswords and the radio a little too loud.

Our favourite bench in the park.

“You are my favourite notification.”

Theo, probably

The road trip we almost cancelled.

PART TWO

Making a home

One sofa, two opinions about it, and a plant called Gerald.

Moving day. So many boxes.

First dinner in the new place.

Lately

Lately we have been taking the long way home, cooking from the same battered cookbook, and saying yes to more weekends away. Lately has been very good.

Golden hour, somewhere on the coast.

To be continued

Here’s to the next chapter — and the one after that.