It all began in 2012 when Lucas moved to San Clemente and met Selah—the very first girl he was introduced to in town. From the start, there was an undeniable spark. Though their chemistry was immediate, life had its own timing. Selah left for college to pursue nursing while Lucas stepped into his professional baseball career. The years that followed took them in a hundred different directions—DMs here, a few Snapchats there—never anything big, but always enough to keep the thread between them from breaking. And when Selah returned home after volunteering as a nurse in Africa, and Lucas came back during the off-season, the timing finally aligned with the connection that had quietly remained all along. From that point on, everything simply clicked.

Across every chapter since—San Clemente, San Diego, Nashville, West Palm Beach, and now Clearwater—they’ve built a life rooted in partnership. Through long-distance seasons, 12-hour night shifts in the Pediatric ICU, stadium lights, cross-country moves, and the steady evolution of adulthood, they’ve shown up for each other again and again. And when it came time to propose, it was perfectly them: no grand spectacle, just a quiet evening at home, good red wine, homemade bolognese simmering on the stove. Somewhere between stirring the sauce and pouring another glass, Lucas got down on one knee. Pasta sauce, happy tears, and a simple question that had been years in the making—the beginning of forever, exactly as it should be.