Catching up with old friends

[nyc_ricochet]

The Multiverse's Greasy Spoon is an ages-old establishment well known to the locals (and not-so-locals) as the absolute best place in the Nexus to get coronary artery disease in less time than it takes to eat half an entree, or your money back. Even the salads are suspiciously shiny, and the triple delux bacon chili cheeseburger is known for

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[victormakesart]

Victor Allen is not wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, but he is braving short-sleeves in public for the first time in months, and it helps that they're in the Nexus, and that he's in his haunting ground. He has home field advantage (oh God, are they looking at him? Are they staring?) so he has nothing to worry about (they are staring, he knew it, oh no oh no oh--).

His shirt is too turquoise and too big, and it has 'I flirted with Rorschach and all I got was a lousy black eye' printed on it, with an image of Ror giving a gigantic thumbs up. The Nexus store has the best stuff. And those jeans of his. He's had to sew a fabric patch onto the knee, made of felt, with a green iris, and a plum colored pupil, and brown as a picture frame eyelashes, and the pants themselves are tied up with an old curly telephone cord so they won't fall down. He has his arms crossed in front of him self-consciously, looking from side to side at the people around (God, he's looking, he sees, he must think he's....) or (don't look don't look don't look) or (

[nyc_ricochet]

Alexa catches Victor's eyes and waves back, grinning. "Oh my gosh, he looks fabulous."

"I wanna see!" Rico turns around and puts his knees on the seat of the booth, straining to see over the high back. "Oh my gosh he does! Hi Victor!" He waves too, bouncing a little in his seat.

"We're acting like hyperactive puppies."

"I've been told it's adorable. Shut up."

[victormakesart]

He relaxes, stops looking so much like a twitchy more paranoid version of a bird on cocaine. He is actually starting to look more like a person, and some of the color that had previously vacated his face on bad terms returns to his face with a new lease. He smiles, and he's heading right in their direction. "Gosh, it's fantastic to see y'all. You look amazing! You look like hallucinations that folks who're starved for pretty people would see, whilst wandering a pretty-free desert."

[nyc_ricochet]

"Well, I am quite ravishing," Rico says, winking to the poor waiter who made the unfortunate choice to walk by their table at just that moment.

"You are a public menace. Stop harassing the poor guy, he's just trying to do his job. And looking good yourself, Vic! C'mere and give me a hug." Alexa will stand up and give a ferociously fantastic hug.