Missed connections

I remember just before lockdown I had been attending this one bar fairly regularly, partially because it was close to my work and they stocked the one beer that I like but largely it was because I fancied the pants off of the bartender there. We talked a lot over my time taking up a bar stool and, as a friend later pointed out to me, they probably quite liked me as well. We even went out for a few after-shift drinks together...