The night you met. Framed for Valentine’s.

For most couples it is the night they met: the pub, the wedding where you were both guests, the party you nearly didn't go to. For others it is the first proper date, or the evening one of you finally said it.

Scroll back through your messages from that week if you are not sure: the first text after you met usually pins the evening down to within an hour, and that is close enough.

A flat parcel, roughly the size of a tray for the smallest size, with a black box frame inside. Unwrapped, it is a deep black picture with one spiral of light in a thin gold ring, and beneath it the pub or the town, the date and your line.

If you are giving it on the night, open it after dinner rather than before: it makes a better ending than a starter.

The 14th falls on a Sunday in 2027, so a parcel arriving on the Saturday is cutting it fine. Order in January, or by the first days of February at the latest, and hide the box at a friend's.