[Ellie flops down too, army-crawling up next to her on her stomach, watching Riley's face rather than the pictures, and for a second she feels that tug again, deep in her chest.
It's not so much that Riley is pretty. She's gorgeous. But it's the way her eyes light up when she smiles like this, the way she gets excited about things, the way she laughs until she hurts. Even that glint that means mischief, no matter how much Ellie might make token protest to whatever stupidity she's thought up.
The past few days have all been a constant string of moments reminding Ellie why she cared so much about Riley in the first place, and why it hurt so much to lose her.
It's lucky that Riley's focused on the picture, because Ellie's got a hell of an expression on her face right now.]
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Date: 2014-03-12 06:20 am (UTC)[Ellie flops down too, army-crawling up next to her on her stomach, watching Riley's face rather than the pictures, and for a second she feels that tug again, deep in her chest.
It's not so much that Riley is pretty. She's gorgeous. But it's the way her eyes light up when she smiles like this, the way she gets excited about things, the way she laughs until she hurts. Even that glint that means mischief, no matter how much Ellie might make token protest to whatever stupidity she's thought up.
The past few days have all been a constant string of moments reminding Ellie why she cared so much about Riley in the first place, and why it hurt so much to lose her.
It's lucky that Riley's focused on the picture, because Ellie's got a hell of an expression on her face right now.]