The Romance Went Nice and Slow. So, Too, Did the Apartment Hunt.
When Scott Warfel met Luccas Israel in 2019 through friends, neither thought romance was in their future.But during the pandemic, their friendship moved slowly, thoughtfully, into a deeper connection.By 2021, both felt invested in the relationship, but were not ready to move in together.At the time, Mr. Israel, 29, a project coordinator for Taschen, an art book publishing house, was living in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in a self-described queer frat house with three roommates, whom he met at Florida State University, and was craving a quieter existence.