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How We Met

A spilled coffee in a bookstore café, a ruined book and one more coffee to make up for it. From the first date to the proposal in the same bookstore, this is how Imani and Marcus became Imani and Marcus.

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Romance
Language
English
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12 pages
Characters
Imani & Marcus
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Cover and first pages

  1. How We Met — cover: Imani and Marcus slow-dance under warm string lights on a rooftop at golden hour, foreheads close, smiling, the city glowing…
    Cover
  2. How We Met — page 1: A cosy bookstore café: Marcus bumps into Imani and spills his coffee on her book.
    Page 1
  3. How We Met — page 2: Their first date on a rooftop at sunset, two coffees and a new copy of the book.
    Page 2
  4. How We Met — page 3: Same bookstore, years later: Marcus on one knee holding a ring inside the book.
    Page 3
  5. How We Met — page 4: Five years later: Imani and Marcus on their sofa at home, her head on his shoulder, the stained old book on the coffee table.
    Page 4

The story, beat by beat

  1. A bookstore café: Marcus bumps into Imani and spills coffee on the book in Imani’s hands.

  2. Imani laughs it off: “You owe me a book. And a coffee.”

  3. A first date on a rooftop at sunset, two coffees and a new copy of the book.

  4. Years of little moments: walks home, rainy Sundays, inside jokes.

  5. Back in the same bookstore, Marcus kneels with a ring hidden inside a book.

  6. Years later, on their sofa at home, the old stained book on the coffee table.

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The script these pages were drawn from: each panel’s scene, its caption and every speech balloon.

Cover

HOW WE MET — Imani and Marcus slow-dance under warm string lights on a rooftop at golden hour, foreheads close, smiling, the city glowing behind them.

Page 1

  1. A cosy bookstore café: Marcus bumps into Imani and spills his coffee on her book.

    Caption Brooklyn. Seven years ago.

  2. Marcus, mortified, holds a stack of napkins.

    Marcus says: I am SO sorry.

  3. Imani laughs, holding up the stained book.

    Imani says: You owe me a book. And a coffee.

Page 2

  1. Their first date on a rooftop at sunset, two coffees and a new copy of the book.

  2. Imani laughing, Marcus watching her with a soft smile.

  3. They walk home in the evening glow, her arm in his.

    Caption One coffee turned into a hundred.

Page 3

  1. Same bookstore, years later: Marcus on one knee holding a ring inside the book.

    Marcus says: Will you marry me?

  2. Imani with tears of joy, hands over her mouth.

  3. They hug among the bookshelves while other customers clap.

    Imani shouts: YES!

Page 4

  1. Five years later: Imani and Marcus on their sofa at home, her head on his shoulder, the stained old book on the coffee table.

    Caption Five years. Still my favourite story.