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Julian hummed. “Why is that?” He knew it wasn’t really any of his business as to why this woman was struggling with life right now, but Julian tended to be more curious then he should be. 

His fingers wrapped around the crystal glass and he tipped some of the amber liquid into his mouth. “You’re going to find nothing but a hangover at the bottom of that glass.”Julian replies, shifting his gaze to her. “What kind of work do you do that’s got you questioning everything then, huh?”

     CHRIST, SHE wished she could tell him the whole shpiel, but it would give away more than she wanted to, so instead she went as vague as possible, “My husband left and I’m still trying to pick up the pieces.“

Her shoulders lift in a shrug, running her tongue along her teeth for a moment. It was the truth, just not all of it -- nothing to do with her affiliations or the work she’s doing now outside of business hours -- and she seems satisfied with leaving it at that.

With the offered change of subject, at least in a way, she offers a smile and shakes her head, “I’m a Nurse, so I have a lot of late nights and patch jobs that are... less than ideal.”

Julian frequented the bars quiet often. It was something to waste time, but he enjoyed the people watching. He always found it interesting, wondering if he’d ever see a persons face again when a job would come up. Sliding himself into the bar stool, he watched the dark haired woman curiously before holding up two fingers and asking the bar tender for two whiskeys. 

“Must of been something important to have you so transfixed like that.” He grinned slightly as his fingers tapped against the glass filled with amber liquid. “But, I get it. Sometimes the world in our head is better than the real one.”

     “JUST MY life in its state of shambles.” Lucy offered without a second-thought -- she really should learn to think before she speaks -- then laughs to try to shake it off as a joke.

         “ NO  NEED  TO  APOLOGIZE,  SWEETHEART.  i  hadn’t  said  anything—  not  to  you  anyway. ”        the  only  words  that  came  from  his  mouth  had  been  to  the  bartender  after  all.  no  attention  was  paid  to  the  one  he  took  a  seat  beside.  however,  now  that  he  could  get  a  good  look  at  her—  well—  she  definitely  had  his  FULL  attention  now  with  his  beer  forgotten  momentarily.

         “ which  is  clearly  a  grievous  mistake  on  my  part. ”        he  offered  a  hand  out  to  her.        “ luka  sokolov. ”

     SHE QUIRKED a small smile at his sudden interest, shaking her head. It wasn’t that she was unaware of her attractiveness, but she often pushed that aside and became the harbinger of her own doom. The smile faltered at the thought of her missing husband -- but truly fuck him, at this point -- before she offered, “Nice to meet you, Luka; I’m Lucy.”

Their names were similar, and part of her wanted to point that out -- reveal the inner dork inside of her far too soon into a conversation, but instead she went much more lame.

With a drink in hand and her eyes down on the battered wood-grain of the bar top, Lu barely even noticed as someone took a seat next to her, only making any recognition when a drink was set in front of them and caught the corner of her eye, “Christ... sorry, if you said anything to me I was in my own little world.”

( sarah shahi, 40, character cisfemale, she/her ) Was that LUCY RUSSO ? I heard a rumor they work for the FAUST family, but who knows for sure ? they can be a bit RECLUSIVE & RETICENT, but I also heard they can be KIND & LOYAL. you’ll usually find them at THE DEN in their spare time, when they’re not being a MEDIC. you may want to keep an eye on that one !

hi, i’m drea and i’ll be playing this multi-layered babe, Lucy Russo!