Stories like this are often reserved for saccharine romantic comedies with unrealistic plots. A beautiful person just happens to encounter another beautiful person at the airport. They have a meet-cute, they part ways, something reconnects them in an unexpected fashion, their lives are changed forever. (Usually someone is wearing flannel and runs a super cute bakery and/or Christmas tree farm.)
But it never actually happens in real life — right?
Well it did for literary agent Emily Forney. En route to Los Angeles on April 26, Forney found herself sitting next to “the most gorgeous man” she had ever seen. He not only had two books with him, he was chowing down on a morning steak burrito, leading Forney to take her story to Twitter to declare she might have found her “soulmate.”
I’m at the airport going to LA and the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen just sat down on the floor next to me and not only has two books in his bag but he’s eating a whole ass steak burrito at 9am. Y’all I think I found my soulmate
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
From there, she takes us on a Twitter journey about the mystery man that would make Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan melt.
He just looked at me and smiled and said “this is taking so long but at least we have a place to sit”
AND ALL I SAID WAS “yeah”
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
One of the best parts is Forney’s recognition of just how rom-com this situation actually was, down to her having a very Hallmark-appropriate job.
HE HAS A FRIEND HERE WHO HAS BEEN SITTING ACROSS FROM US THE WHOLE TIME AND I KNOW FOR SURE HES BEEN WATCHING ME WATCH HIM OH MY GOD.
But also, the friend is really cute too lol
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
Forney’s awkwardness is endearing, declaring at one point that she’s just going to “cut her losses” after clumsily answering his attempts at striking up a conversation.
Okay okay okay we’re boarding. I’ll let y’all know if we’re sitting next to each other and if we fall in love during this flight. I’m about to spray some of my travel perfume all over my body and eat all of my mints
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
He just learned my name because I scanned my ticket and the person at the desk said hi to me by name and then I HEARD HIM SAY “Emily” QUIETLY BEHIND ME WHAT IS THIS
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
While the duo didn’t end up sitting next to each other on the flight, the mystery man found a way to give her his number.
So. Halfway through the flight a man coming to the back of the plane handed me this napkin and said “another passenger asked me to give this to the girl in 31F”
Lol IMAGINE IF ITS NOT EVEN HIM pic.twitter.com/rbQHzmNWQ1
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
I don’t have any updates 😂 he now also has my number and we will be in the same city for the next week so we will see what happens if I don’t pass away from this all first
— Emily Forney (@EmilyKaitlinnn) April 26, 2023
We can’t get enough of this. We need updates. Preferably with cute photos. And a Hallmark adaptation titled “Love Is In the Air,” please and thanks.
