Zoe and Silas first crossed paths in their early days around the city of Seattle, eventually meeting at Roosevelt High School in the mid-2000s (wow, they are old). A one-way crush may have been involved at some point, but who knows.  Fast forward through young adulthood for each of them (colleges attended, early careers on both coasts, blah blah blah), and Zoe and Silas both found themselves in San Francisco during the summer of 2014. Each of them was invited to an "Eviction Party" by friends of friends of friends (who were getting evicted the following day, and decided to essentially burn down the house on the way out). Through the blaring trop-house music, across the sagging rooftop deck, Zoe and Silas spotted each other, and bang, a first date ensued...months later.  Zoe ordered ceviche as an entree, then a raccoon crashed their after-dinner backyard blanket rendezvous, and Silas was hooked.  After dating for a couple years in the Bay Area, Zoe and Silas absconded back to Seattle and have since lived there, without a dog or dependents, since 2017. They love each other quite a bit.