Christian and Brianna Coury

I met Brianna through her roommate, Christina, who was a mutual friend. I was going through a tough time in my life in November 2017, and Christina invited me over to their dorm at Lake Claire to hang out and take my mind off things. Brianna was cooking dinner, and I brought an unhealthy amount of raw cookie dough to bake for dessert. After we finished dinner, the three of us went to Light Up UCF, where Brianna learned very quickly about my tendency to make dad jokes and puns. A few days later, Brianna anxiously texted me and asked if I wanted to study for fall final exams with her at Dunkin Donuts. I was an engineering major, and she was in finance/accounting, so we had no classes that we could study for together. I accepted her invite but was unsure of what I was agreeing to—a study session, friendly hangout, or a date? Fortunately, I did not bring anything more than a single folder of study materials, because this study session became more of a social hour. Weeks later, I visited Brianna over winter break, and we went to Hollywood Boardwalk, where we sat on a bench and ate pizza. Evidently, our respective families did not scare each other off, because we got engaged on December 31, 2019, and eventually married on March 13, 2021. Christina, our mutual friend who introduced us, was our maid of honor. Now, we frequent the Bounce House as UCF Football fans, and have also adopted a caliby kitten with a black-and-gold fur coat, whom we named Claire (after the place where we first met).