I followed a singer on social media a few years ago. He'd had a moderately successful single and was an up and comer, but then he just kind of disappeared. I never unfollowed him on social media when he went quiet, though. I hadn't heard anything from him until a short while ago.
He's back, and for some reason, he's following me back now. He's a good-looking guy about 5'10", muscular build, dark black beard with just a few touches of grey in it. He has very beautiful blue eyes. It turns out he's written some new music and has a new single out. I responded to a few of his postings, he responded to mine. That evolved to direct messaging, and he sent me a copy of his new single. It's a good sound, not mainstream but not too out there for a country singer either.
Of course, it's the height of the pandemic and no one is touring right now but I told him I'd love to come see his show, if he ever comes to town. When I first followed him, he was living in Nashville, and I assumed he still lived there. However, he informs me that he moved north and now he's lives in the same city as me. I didn't know until we started chatting that he'd relocated - Toronto is, apparently, a hot spot for new music, but I just never think they're from here - especially as he's southern and American. He tells me he moved here as he felt this was a hotter market to pursue his music, which I was a bit surprised by, but he says Canadians got his "sound" more than Americans seemed to. Doesn't make sense to me but I'm not a singer.
We continued chatting back and forth, he's got a day job doing deliveries and he's all over the place (but mostly in the west end of the city). He's quite passionate about his music and spends a lot of his time writing and recording new material. I work from home and am pretty much always at my desk.
We were chatting one day and he mentioned he was dropping off a delivery way to the east of his normal route and he mentioned a plaza that is across from my condo. I said "Really? You're going there? That's right at my place."
So, I suggested that if he was willing we could meet for a socially distanced coffee - around my condo there are at least 1/2 dozen coffee shops (chains and independent).
He agreed and we set a time, turns out he wasn't even there yet, was still driving across the city.
I paused work, cleaned up (myself) a bit and headed down to meet him.
To say there was a spark is an understatement. You ever meet those people that you just want to rip their clothes off right that second? Well, that was me meeting him. He was dressed in tight, tight, oh so tight jeans, a plaid shirt, open at the neck, which showed a smooth upper chest. He had on a zippered hoody and work boots. And a ball cap turned backwards. I recall a friend of mine making a comment about guys with ball caps turned backwards - they're all, according to him, advertising that they are ready to give a blow job - hence the brim is in the back.