Story
Xio and Gil’s modern day fairytale began one August evening at a bar. Of course, since neither of them are anything but ordinary, it was at a video game bar on Pokémon/Digimon trivia night. A former trivia host and lover of all things trivia, Xio went with one of her friends (and now bridesmaid) Miriam who had called upon reinforcements to try and dominate the evening. Well *her* reinforcements brought additional friends, and among them was Gil. Eyes locked, conversation was had, and trash was talked (mostly by Xio) about who was Pokemon Go master at the time. Unfortunately, bad intel on either camp led the other to believe they were not available so the night ended with nothing more than a hug and a 'see you later'.
A couple of months would pass until Miriam would bring Xio and Gil back together at Halloween Horror Nights. Here, they had a chance to talk a bit more; well, as much as one could talk going from haunted house to haunted house. It wasn't until Xio got home that she saw a new friend request from a handsome, Yankee-cap wearing guy with perhaps the cutest dog she's ever seen. We can all guess who that was.
It would be another three or four months, however, before Gil found his "in" with Xio in the form of a Facebook post centering around a favorite Marvel character to them both: Groot. After some back and forth banter in the comments section, Gil made his move and reached out to her privately, asked for her number, and the rest, as they say, is history.