The Moment We Knew — Alex & Maria

Maria was nineteen, working the morning shift at the Tim Hortons on the corner of their small neighborhood. She moved like someone who carried sunshine in her pockets — always smiling, always remembering people’s orders, always humming softly when she thought no one was listening.

Alex noticed her long before she ever noticed him.

He started coming in every day after his early class. At first, it was just for the coffee. Then it became for the smile. Then it became for the way she said his name — soft, like she was tasting it.

He’d sit by the window pretending to study, but really he was memorizing the way she tucked her hair behind her ear when she concentrated, or how she laughed with her whole face when a coworker made a joke.

Maria thought he was just another regular. Sweet, polite, a little shy.
But she noticed the way he always waited for her to take his order, even if the line was shorter on the other side. She noticed the way he never checked his phone when she talked. She noticed the way he listened.

One snowy morning, the café was quiet. The kind of quiet where you can hear the espresso machine breathing. Alex walked in, shaking snow from his hair, cheeks red from the cold.

Maria handed him his usual before he even reached the counter.

He blinked. “How did you—”

She smiled. “You come here every day, Alex. I pay attention.”

And that was the moment.

Not the coffee. Not the routine.
It was the realization that she saw him — really saw him — long before he ever found the courage to say anything.

He sat down with his cup, heart racing, and watched her move around the café with that same soft energy. And he knew, with a certainty that surprised him, that this wasn’t just a crush. It was the beginning of something that would matter.

Later, Maria would say her moment came that same morning — when she looked up and saw him sitting by the window, smiling into his cup like he was holding a secret.

But for Alex, the moment he knew was simple:

It was the first time someone remembered his order…
and made him feel unforgettable.

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