At first, it was nothing special—a stranger’s face in the background of Theo’s BeReal. Just another blurry figure in a café, hunched over a laptop. But the next day, she was there again. Same café, same seat by the window, this time holding a croissant mid-bite.

Her username popped up on his feed: SiennaMaybe.

Curious, Theo tapped to view her post. Hers mirrored his—a candid shot of herself and the café scene behind her. And there he was, accidentally captured, staring into his phone.

He chuckled and left a comment: Guess we share a caffeine addiction.

To his surprise, she replied within minutes: Guess we do. Same time tomorrow?

And so it began.

Every day, their BeReals aligned: Theo on his morning run, with Sienna blurred in the distance walking her dog. Sienna in a park, with Theo in the background reading on a bench. They joked about it at first—“accidental twins,” they called themselves—but the coincidences piled up.

One day, she posted a photo of a paperback with a caption: Your move, stranger. The book? The same one he’d been reading in the park.

He replied: Page 57. I’ll be there.

The next morning, Theo switched things up. Instead of snapping his BeReal in the usual café, he stood outside holding two coffees and waited. The notification came—"Time to BeReal!"—and his heart pounded as he watched her step into the frame.

“You’re late,” she said, smiling, holding her phone up to take her shot.

“You’re worth it,” he replied, handing her a coffee.

In that moment, the real world caught up with the digital one. The rest, as they say, was history—captured one BeReal at a time.