[It feels good to laugh. To be talking to her again, to have that relief of knowing she's here. Even if the pressure of what's happened is coming back, pushing on her skin like something physical.]
how come you aren't even mad. i basically fuck off and ignore you and don't come home and you act like i was never gone.
[She asks not because she's upset with Riley, but because she's upset with herself. She knows how mad she'd be, how mad she was -- and Riley acts like it's nothing, like she forgives her without a second thought, like she always trusted that Ellie would come back. Riley's always been like this.]
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[It feels good to laugh. To be talking to her again, to have that relief of knowing she's here. Even if the pressure of what's happened is coming back, pushing on her skin like something physical.]
how come you aren't even mad. i basically fuck off and ignore you and don't come home and you act like i was never gone.
[She asks not because she's upset with Riley, but because she's upset with herself. She knows how mad she'd be, how mad she was -- and Riley acts like it's nothing, like she forgives her without a second thought, like she always trusted that Ellie would come back. Riley's always been like this.]