Our story
Seven years,
in seven chapters
How two people who disagreed about almost everything ended up agreeing on the one thing that mattered.
2019
The umbrella
A bookshop in Marlow Street. One umbrella between two strangers who had both bought the same novel. Theo offered to walk Elena to the station. The station was in the opposite direction.
2020
Letters across a shut city
Postcards taped to each other's doors became the only way to visit. Elena still has all forty-one. Theo claims he sent forty-two.
2021
A kitchen with one working hob
Our first flat together. We learned to cook in sequence, not in parallel. Theo took the pasta, Elena took the sauce, and the smoke alarm took the rest.
2023
Nine countries, one suitcase
A year of saying yes to every invitation. Elena learned to ride a scooter. Theo learned that Elena should not ride a scooter.
2025
The question, on the cliff path
Elena asked first, at the top of the Ashcombe cliff path in a gale. Theo had a ring in his pocket. He said yes, then asked anyway.
2027
Hollowmere House
A garden at the bottom of the valley where we first walked. We hope you'll be there to see the next chapter begin.
Our people
The friends who’ll be
standing beside us
Rosa
Maid of honour
Elena’s sister and the owner of the forty-one postcards.
Milo
Best man
Theo’s oldest friend, in charge of the speech and the car keys.
June
Bridesmaid
The friend who introduced them to Marlow Street Books.
Arlo
Groomsman
Brother, drummer, designated weather forecaster.
Will you
join us?
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