There is a certain kind of couple who don't need to perform anything. They are comfortable in themselves, comfortable with each other, and the day just follows from that. Maria and Harry are that kind of couple. Their whole brief was this: effortless, in the moment. They meant it. You felt it from the first hour all the way through to the last song.

The introduction happened at a barbecue. Two people who had never met were both in separate conversations about Greek mythology at the same event. Their mutual friends noticed, connected the dots, and made the introduction. That's where it started. Not a chance encounter, not an app, but two people talking about ancient stories who ended up writing one of their own.

Harry says Maria makes him more thoughtful. Maria says Harry's glass-half-full outlook, his kindness, and the way he always puts her first are what make her better. He describes her in four words: hard working, passionate, loyal, intelligent. Then adds, almost as an afterthought, that her obsession with coriander is something no one else on earth has in common with her. She describes him as someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of sports and general trivia who can hold a conversation with anyone about anything. On Sundays, they take their dog for a long walk, find coffee, and spend the rest of the day slowly.

The proposal happened in Norway. A frozen bridge. Minus twenty Celsius. Harry didn't wait for a warmer setting or a more comfortable moment. He did it there, in the cold, in the middle of nowhere. Maria was surprised. Cold, undoubtedly. But surprised.