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It's late afternoon at a neighborhood greenhouse cafe, all glass ceilings and hanging ferns, where sunlight filters in hazy and golden. In the corner, tucked between two potted lemon trees, a man and a woman stand next to a table of mismatched cushions around a low mosaic table. On the table are cups of iced jasmine tea from mismatched mugs, condensation running down the sides, pooling into flower-shaped coasters. He's in his mid-30s, with soft curls tucked into a slouchy beanie, wearing an old band tee under a linen button-down that's only halfway done up. His fingers are ink-stained, something between writer and illustrator, and he's sketched something on a napkin with a ballpoint pen. Not seriously. Just for her. She's younger, maybe late 20s, barefoot in strappy sandals, wearing a mustard yellow wrap dress and two different earrings, one shaped like a spoon, the other a sun. There's a thin line of glitter near her temple she forgot to wash off from some event the night before. She doesn't mind. The mood is mellow, witty, and gently strange, two people orbiting each other in a kind of playful, nonchalant intimacy, like they've been friends forever or maybe just met this morning and already feel inevitable.