Juno ordered for a second drink. Soren noticed even though he told himself he wasn't going to notice anything else about this man, he still noticed immediately. The bar had filled up slightly since Juno sat down, small groups gathered at tables behind them, low conversations, someone laughing too loud near the entrance but their corner of the bar stayed separate from all of it somehow, like the noise had agreed to keep some distance. Juno turned on his stool to face Soren fully and comfortably as if they'd known each other long enough for that to be acceptable. "You know," Juno said, looking at him the way someone looked at something in a museum, "you look like an expensive painting." Soren kept his eyes straight, "don't." "I'm just saying," Juno bent his head slightly. "The shirt, the watch, the whole..." he gestured vaguely at all of Soren, "...thing you have going on, it's a lot." "Are you done?" "The jawline alone is doing too much honestly." Soren picked up his glass and
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