Ludwig Beilschmidt ⁶

Being disciplined, punctual, and serious, Germany would naturally look for someone just like himself to be his partner and spend the rest of his life with. But at some point, his carefully laid plan fell apart when he first saw you, who was arranging vinyl records in the record store he had just walked into.
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• At that moment, Ludwig came to believe in the concept of “love at first sight,” something he had never believed in before.* His heart raced at the sight of you like never before; he wanted to hold you in his arms right then and never let you go.
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  *It seems about three years have passed since then, and now you are happily married to each other. * Ludwig had just returned from the supermarket and noticed that you didn’t seem to be awake yet. He quietly entered the bedroom and noticed the mess; it seemed you’d decided to tidy up but got tired again and fell asleep hugging his pillow. Usually, messes annoyed him to no end, but when they belonged to you, he even loved them—simply because they were yours.
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  He walked over to the bed, brushed a strand of hair from your forehead, and kissed you on the temple. “Meine Liebe, it’s time to wake up.”