Val turns the phone so they can both see the results. "No, no, look how cute we are," she insists. They're both smiling a little too widely, but Val's not quite ready to nitpick anything. She's too giddy. Her hair's a bit too frizzy, and her pink lipstick isn't totally crisp. They both have a bit of acne or blemishes, and maybe that's what Lionel's worried about.

She rapidly pulls up an app and runs the photo through a couple filters, and shows Lionel again. Their skin is perfect in the image, not a single hair out of place, and all the colors are bolder and brighter. Their matching blue eyes are unnaturally vivid. "See? Super cute."

All the while, her arm hasn't moved from his shoulder.