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It all started during the most unexpected time — peak pandemic, when hanging out with friends was replaced with glitchy video calls and frozen faces. Rob had been invited by his cousin, who was on Zoom with his college friends. One of those friends was Sam. Sam was expecting to see some friends from college in one of those awkward, slightly too-long virtual gatherings where everyone either talks too much or not at all. Sam didn’t say a word. Not one. Just a little square on the screen shared with her best friend and sister who did all the talking. Rob barely noticed her. A month later, Rob got a message. Short, direct, and out of the blue. Sam shot her shot. Later, Sam admitted that during that Zoom meeting, while Rob was talking, joking, and probably being a little too opinionated, she thought he was a “bad boy” but in a good way. More like the confident, slightly intimidating energy you pretend not to notice but secretly do. Sam’s curiosity got the better of her. Good thing it did! From that message came a conversation. From that conversation came late-night calls and virtual movie nights — and when the world opened up, real dates that felt like something out of a movie. Turns out, the quiet girl on Zoom had a lot to say. And Rob couldn’t stop listening. Now here they are — engaged, building a life together — all because of a pandemic, a meeting neither of them wanted to attend, and a silent square that turned out to be the love of his life.