Alexis Jones thought the woman approaching them at Woodward Park was just another photographer hunting for portfolio shots. She had no idea the stranger asking to take “a couple pics” was documenting the most important question of her life – or that the moment would be captured through the lens of Meta Glasses worn by someone in on the secret.
The elaborate deception unfolded in Tulsa, orchestrated by 19-year-old Kevin Fleetwood with the precision he’d learned in Marine Corps training. His accomplice was photographer Carrie Fulgencio, whose Meta Glasses would record not just images but the raw authenticity of a woman discovering she’s being proposed to by the boy she’d fallen for in middle school.
Their story began years earlier, when Kevin was in ninth grade and Alexis in eighth at their Oklahoma school. The connection was immediate and intense – nightly phone calls that stretched for three years, the kind of devotion particular to first loves.
“We sparked instantly, calling every night for three years,” Kevin recalled of those early days, before life pulled them in different directions during his senior year.
The separation might have been permanent. After graduation, Kevin sought out Alexis to deliver news that could have ended everything: he was leaving for Marine Corps boot camp. Seven months of silence followed.
Then, on his first night home from training, Kevin’s phone rang. Alexis was calling, unaware he’d returned.
“Ever since that night, we have been together because I knew I never wanted to leave her side again,” Kevin said.
By October 2025, Kevin was ready for the next step, but he wanted the proposal to be as unexpected as that phone call had been. Working with Fulgencio, they crafted a plan that would rely entirely on Alexis believing she’d encountered a stranger.
“He had the idea of us just ‘bumping’ into each other at the park and me asking if I could take a couple pics and that’s when he would propose,” Fulgencio explained. The approach differed from her usual proposals, where women typically knew they were having photos taken, even if the proposal itself remained a surprise.
“In the past, the woman always knew that we were doing photos. It was usually a photo shoot with a surprise proposal added in, so this was a little different than what I was used to. It made me a little nervous,” Fulgencio admitted.
The plan nearly unraveled before it began. Positioned across Woodward Park with a clear view of the couple, Fulgencio realized she’d left her Meta Glasses in the car – the very device she’d intended to use for behind-the-scenes footage.
“I almost didn’t run back and get them, but decided last minute to run as fast as I could and grab them and I’m so glad I did,” she said.
The glasses, designed to look like regular eyewear while recording video, would capture something no traditional camera could: the genuine point of view of a stranger approaching a couple, the casual request for photos, and the shock of realization as Kevin dropped to one knee.
For Kevin, watching Fulgencio approach triggered a cascade of nerves. “When I recognized the photographer and her approaching us, I was more than nervous. Everything had finally hit in one sentence: ‘It is finally happening.'”
The fear persisted even though he knew the timing was right. But when he saw Alexis’s reaction—what he described as “joy and excitement, pureness,” relief washed over him, though nerves lingered “awaiting the official yes.”
The video Fulgencio’s Meta Glasses captured shows the authentic progression of emotions: confusion giving way to comprehension, surprise transforming into joy. It’s a perspective rarely seen in proposal videos – not from a hidden camera or a friend pretending to take a selfie, but from someone who appears to be a complete stranger, maintaining the illusion until the very last moment.
“After the video, we were shaky, happy, nervous, and wouldn’t stop kissing,” Kevin recalled. “We only stopped when Carrie told us to get ready for the photoshoot.”
The 19-year-old Marine had pulled off his mission. The couple who’d found each other in middle school, lost touch, and reconnected through an unexpected phone call, were now engaged through an equally unexpected encounter.
“I was more than pleased with the photography and videography I was given, not only turning out better, but I had no idea she was going to use the Meta Glasses which recorded the video,” Kevin said, still marveling at how the technology enhanced their moment.
The couple has set their wedding date for October 22, 2026, envisioning a moody, forest-themed ceremony – a setting far removed from the sunny park where a stranger’s request for photos changed everything.
For Fulgencio, who’d nearly left her Meta Glasses behind, the success has opened new possibilities. “I can’t wait to now photograph their engagement photos and I hope they pick me to capture their wedding,” she said.
The proposal video, shared on social media, has resonated with viewers drawn to its unusual perspective. Unlike typical proposals filmed by friends or hidden photographers, this one unfolds through the eyes of someone playing a role – a stranger whose glasses capture not just a moment, but the exact second when pretense gives way to life-changing reality.
In an age where proposals are increasingly elaborate and documented, Kevin and Alexis’s moment stands out for its clever simplicity: a photographer pretending to be nobody special, Meta Glasses recording everything, and a young woman who thought she was helping a stranger with her portfolio, only to discover she was the star of her own love story.
The technology that made it possible – wearable glasses that record while appearing unremarkable – added a layer of authenticity difficult to achieve with traditional cameras. Through Fulgencio’s eyes, viewers experience the approach, the request, the reveal, all from the perspective of the secret keeper.
“I was scared, even though I knew it was the right time,” Kevin reflected on those final seconds before proposing. That fear, balanced against certainty, captures something essential about modern love: the terror and thrill of commitment, made permanent not just through promises, but through pixels, preserved forever through the lens of a stranger who wasn’t really a stranger at all.
