I Want What They Have: Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall

Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you’re gawking at it from the outside. In this new column, we’ll be examining the celebrity couples who give us hope for our own romantic futures as we try to learn what we can from their well-documented bonds.

It’s like something out of a Hallmark movie, but one of the good ones you’re not embarrassed to have stored on your DVR: Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis and Paralympic track and field medalist Hunter Woodhall met at a high school track meet in Idaho (a state neither of them lived in) and fell in love. “After he finished his race, I went up to him and hugged him. I don’t have a reason why I did that, but I did,” Davis recently told Insider. Ultimately, it took Davis responding to a late-night Twitter post from Woodhall to make things official, proving conclusively that it’s a good idea to use social media in the wee hours.

Four years later, Davis and Woodhall are still together, and competing alongside each other in Tokyo—and forgive me for being corny, but their love is...so goddamn cute. The pair dated long-distance while Woodhall attended the University of Arkansas and Davis attended the University of Georgia; Davis later transferred to the University of Texas to be closer to her amoureux, and the two plan to move in together once the Olympics and Paralympics are over. Why am I getting so emotional picturing these two adorable jocks co-designing a his-and-hers athleisure closet?

The hug that Davis and Woodhall shared after Davis placed second in the women’s long jump at the U.S. Olympic trials in June has made them an official Couple in the Public Eye, but honestly, they seem too in love to care if anyone notices how charming they are as a pair. “I ran up to Hunter and we had our moment,” Davis said. “That moment solidified everything for me. To be able to hug him was an unreal experience. He said this yesterday, but it was the most memorable event that he’s seen in track and field.” I mean...To be able to hug him was an unreal experience?! I cry! I die! I humiliate myself by Google Image–searching “Tara Davis Hunter Woodhall kiss”!

Unfortunately, we won’t get a repeat of the hug seen ’round the world (or, at least, the niche Olympian crush world) this summer, as spectators are barred from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Still, Davis and Woodhall aren’t letting the lack of proximity get them down. “It’s sad that we can’t watch each other at the Olympics, but I know we’ll be cheering each other on,” Davis said in her Insider interview, with Woodhall adding, “I feel like this speaks to who we are as a couple. We motivate each other and make a good team in a lot of ways.” Woodhall is no stranger to the Instagram-boyfriend game, either, posting a photo of the pair on Tuesday with a caption that included the line, “To see what you did yesterday motivates me more than you know.” Go, team!

Originally Appeared on Vogue