[Ellie starts to laugh too, and all that lovely tension melts into something warm and comfortable and familiar, as their friendship shifts to accept this, too, as something that they do.
Riley's fingers are warm, rough from her gun, and Ellie has to catch her breath at that simple touch. Riley has always touched her casually, little bumps, linked arms, a slap on the back- it's strange to think that something so basic could be as intimate as kissing.]
So.
[Talk, Tris had said. Fucking talk. But Ellie gets all tongue tied, and all the obvious shit seems complicated.]
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Date: 2014-03-12 07:43 am (UTC)Riley's fingers are warm, rough from her gun, and Ellie has to catch her breath at that simple touch. Riley has always touched her casually, little bumps, linked arms, a slap on the back- it's strange to think that something so basic could be as intimate as kissing.]
So.
[Talk, Tris had said. Fucking talk. But Ellie gets all tongue tied, and all the obvious shit seems complicated.]
We're doing this, huh?
[It comes out soft with excitement.]