Eh, my heart aches with nostalgia thinking about this

I had come out of a pretty destructive relationship and was having a pretty dark moment in my mid-twenties. I had a profile on OkCupid and noticed a girl who was more or less local. The profile portrayed a girl that ticked off all of my boxes and then some. Beautiful, classy and intelligent. That combination makes my legs all wobbly.
I contacted her and although she responded, I don't remember any connection. I have to admit, I kind of stalked her profile at that point. Ahem. I tried to comfort myself that dating sites tend to offer a overly glorified perspective anyway.
Some time later. Through circumstances that I still don't quite understand, I was introduced to a group of people that were into table-top gaming, LARP'ing, you know, the hardcore geeky stuff. I kind of rolled into that group and started hanging out more often. I was still adjusting into having a better life. My days were becoming a bit brighter. We used to have this place where we met, a pub that also served as a meeting place for table-top gamers and had board games and LARP stuff and whatnot.
Lo and behold, one night, she walked through the door. I was absolutely, totally, completely gobsmacked. The only time I experienced something similar, was when I go struck by a bamboo sword point at Kendo practice. Both the shock of actually seeing her, but also seeing that she was even lovelier than any picture could do her justice, just rippled through me.
Stupid and insecure as I was, I hid behind a rack of foam swords

I couldn't stay there forever, so when I made my presence known, I kind of froze up and developed a sudden, yet intricate fascination for my shoes and decided to give them my full attention.
We ended up doing some roleplaying session with other friends and I remember those nights fondly. It was fun. She proved to be as witty and intelligent as she was beautiful. She had that radiance, you know? Beautiful, long brown hair that flowed off of her shoulders, sharp brown eyes, graceful, body like a greek godess. She read the books that I read, she liked the same humor and I liked, she was quite funny herself and had a wonderful imagination. I continued to sit on my ass. I hated myself for it, feeling like a loser.
Things happened that caused a rift between her and the network of friends we were in. She moved away and we lost touch. I still have her around in my online network and she hasn't had the easiest life for herself. I don't think I ever had or would've had a chance with her, but she'll remain the one that got away.