They saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [on their first date], a Chinese film with French subtitles. “I didn’t hang out with many English-speaking people, and I forgot Win wouldn’t understand.”

Regine translated for Win, whispering into his ear, a first act of intimacy.

“Then we went to a party and we met all your friends. I was wearing a cowboy hat, coming from Texas, and you thought it was so exotic,” Win says. “You wanted me to wear my cowboy hat everywhere.”