Sam Zeender (24 (R) and Eyal Chowers (25) (L), on their rooftop, March 20th, 2020.
One of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic has been the acceleration of many new relationships. One of those was between my roommates Eyal and Sam, who had just started dating a few weeks before the Covid-19 outbreak — a relationship that might have remained casual but blossomed into a 24/7 love affair when Sam moved into our Ridgewood apartment at the beginning of the quarantine.
As the couple pursued their relationship, I became the non-participant spectator, their third wheel. This period allowed them to experience the fear and the anxiety of the pandemic together while building a stronger foundation relationship that works until this day.
Eyal and Sam stacked up a pile of dirty clothes on the chair in their bedroom inside their Ridgewood apartment in NYC, April 19th, 2020.Sam Zeender (24) sits on Eyal’s bed inside the apartment in Ridgewood, NYC, April 19th, 2020.Sam Zeender (24) works out at the living room inside the Ridgewood apartment, NYC, April 21st, 2020.Sam Zeender (24 (R), and Eyal Chowers (25) (L), lying on their couch inside their Ridgewood apartment in NYC, April 5th, 2020.Sam Zeender (24 (L), smoking cigarettes with Eyal Chowers (25) (R), one week after moving in together in Eyal’s Ridgewood apartment in NYC, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, March 18th, 2020.Sam Zeender (24) gets his first homemade skin fade in the bathroom from his partner Eyal Chowers (25), at their Ridgewood apartment in NYC, March 31st, 2020.Eyal and Sam’s Skin fade attempt in the shower, Ridgewood, NYC, March 31st, 2020.Sam Zeender (24) sits on Eyal’s bed inside the apartment in Ridgewood, NYC, April 19th, 2020. The Neon sign in the window says ‘Tiny Room’ in Korean.Sam Zeender (24) smoking a cigarette on the window while finishing his work towards the end of the day, Ridgewood, NYC, May 5th, 2020.Eyal Chowers (25) and Sam Zeender (24) saying the last goodbye outside the apartment before Eyal’s departure to Israel, Ridgewood, NYC, May 30th, 2020. The couple continued their romance as a long-distance relationship.
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