submitted into evidence, with my whole heart ⚖️
The Case
for Madhura
I built a whole case. Exhibits, evidence, the works.
(counsel, you're going to want to read to the verdict)
the evidence, your honor
Exhibits: You
The lawyer
You negotiate contracts for a living, which means you'll win every argument we ever have. I've made my peace with that — honestly, I'm a little looking forward to losing (some of) them.
The mermaid
Your friends call you jalpari, and the swimming posts back them up. You swim like the water owes you something — I'm just borrowing the name.
The painter
I've seen your paintings now, and I keep thinking about them. There's a whole little world in your hands that I'd like to see more of.
The dancer
You do salsa; I have two left feet. I'd still like to be your partner — show me the steps and I'll meet you halfway.
The clumsy one
Self-described clumsy, with a sprained ankle or two to prove it — including one at Loco Bear. Turns out I'd been to that same trampoline park, so honestly, we were always going to collide.
The reader
You've read more books than I'll manage in a few lifetimes, usually with an audiobook going while you cook. I love the way you talk about them.
The true-crime one
Your idea of cozy somehow involves a small town and at least one murder. It's a little alarming. It's also completely endearing.
The dirty mind
You have a way of saying something perfectly innocent and leaving me thinking about it for a week. Please don't stop.
The cook
You cook for the people you love. I would very much like to be one of them — teach me a little, so we can cook together?
the record so far
One date in, and—
Exhibit A — our first date
a walk, ramen, and rain we didn't mind. I had a really good time. I think you did too.
The List 📌
Pinned- ♥Emperor's New Groove
- ♥Kimi no na wa (our agreed date-night pick 🤝)
- ♥Project Hail Mary
- ♥Zapatlela (Tatya Vinchu — our shared first horror)
- ♥Gone Girl
- ♥The Sheep Detectives
- ♥Twilight (better with company)
- ♥Toy Story (the plushies insisted)
+ "Not getting murdered" — you made me add that one.
Same playlist (almost) 🎶
hover to unleash 🥔Two Swifties — you found her in 2020, I've been one since 11th grade. I once named a stray cat Swiftly; you've got a TS faves playlist on repeat. The other half of our taste? Gloriously, unforgivably unhinged.(hover for proof 🥔👀)
Lulu, Windy & you
Lulu the cat, Windy the dog, and you — easily the cutest household I've come across. If the plushies ever get jealous, I promised it'd be Toy Story, not Annabelle — and I plan to keep my word.
the defense rests on
What I bring
I'm good at the quiet.
I'm better in person than over text, and I'm happiest just being in the room while you talk. I don't need to fill the silence — I quite like it.
More of a listener.
I'd rather hear you tell a story than tell one myself. The small details tend to stick with me.
I like what I build.
Software engineer by trade, and I genuinely like what I build — maybe a little too much. I'm getting better at logging off on time, especially when there's a good reason to.
Off the clock.
Slowly learning the piano, and rarely caught without an audiobook going — so we'd never run out of things to listen to. (I tried keeping plants once. They did not survive the experience. Could use some help there.)
closing argument, then I'll let the court decide —
Madhura, will you be my girlfriend?
(the "No" button has no standing in this court — and keeps fleeing the stand)
(no pressure. but the evidence is, frankly, overwhelming.)