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[beyoncepadthai]

It's not as if Mindy's forgotten that Danny's little brother has a doppelganger in the city, it's just that it's been pushed to the back of her mind to make room for everything else: for new motherhood, for new singledom, for balancing a medical practice on top of it all.

So when she spots him in the park her heart starts to beat a little faster. It's not like she knew Richie all that well, beyond meeting him once or twice and Danny's constant comments about how well he was doing, but that part doesn't really matter. It's still a reflection of a connection to a guy that she's trying so hard not to miss so damn much.

"Richie?" she says, then, in spite of knowing better. She practically collides into another passerby, she's that caught up in not!Richie's appearance. It's only been a month and a half, but it brings grief to the surface all over again, and she finds herself grateful that Leo isn't around this time to see her fall apart. 

Or, at least, to try not to. 

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[beyoncepadthai]

"That's good," Mindy says, uncharacteristically kind of awkward. This whole thing is awkward, though, the fact that this random guy's face can mean so much to her and hers literally nothing to him. "Sorry to, you know, have bothered you?" she offers, knowing the whole interaction has been kind of selfish. "I'll let you go. But, uh, for the record... I'm Mindy. Former girlfriend of the brother of the guy who looks just like you."

[wasblindbefore]

It probably shouldn't be very surprising. If anything, it explains a lot, how weird this has all seemed to be in a way he hasn't quite been able to put a finger on. That, and why he's felt like he should apologize or something when she'd mentioned the guy having disappeared. Even having it put into words, though, Elvis doesn't do so. Instead he just nods. "It's okay," he says. "You didn't bother me." It's about as generous as he gets with people who aren't his girlfriend.