Ohhh how would Amanda appreciate a gentle woman? Not the condescending type, but opens doors, might pull out a chair. and offers a hand in situations where one might need help (male and female)

Mmm... I'm not the reporter type buuuuut what if whoever she works for gets am interview with a reporter, taller athletic type maybe they have designed something she's likely to use as an investigative journalist.... Nah I don't like that one and I'd lean it towards apocalypse anyway.

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Oh oh day drinking buddies?! Still taller and athletic only she got out of a bad relationship too, only in her cause it was her girl calling her abusive and running away. So she day drinks trying to figure out if she's abusive. (Hint, she's not really unless sharing your feelings of unhappiness and discontent with life is abuse)
So they meet in a bar day drinking, I'd say it would start casual, just sitting at the bar together maybe making some comment about what's on the TV's. Could be news sports some random tv shows. (The late night cartoon station was on in this strip club I went to one so we could have anything playing for conversation starters) 

Or what if your gal gets picked up for drunk and disorderly and ends up in the drunk tank with a sulking drunk who's butt hurt at her Co workers 'i wasn't gonna do anything Geoff I'm just drunk!' when she's brought to the drink tank to sober up turns to mumbles 'if I was actually freaking suicidal all I'd have to do is go to a shoot out without my vest come on guys the view is better on the roof away from the street lights.' she just wanted to look at the vastness of space and think about how there has to be someone out there that would pick her, despite her alcoholic tendency, because then maybe she wouldn't need to drink. If she could get her mind to stop because of cuddles instead of booze her liver would thank her.