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I did not squeak!

[She punches her again, but the smile's starting to show through the indignation, and soon she's grinning, reaching out to grip the side of Riley's hood.]

Hey, nice threads...

[Ellie pulls the hood down over the top of Riley's face again, holding it in place with one hands. Before Riley can get it off, she leans up and kisses her on the mouth.]

[That goes from totally ridic to...

Woah. So smooth. She freezes up, eyes wide in shock. And then she's leaning into it because damn it all she's missed her girl so badly.]

[Ellie, of course, ruins it by starting to smile into the kiss, ending up pulling back to laugh out loud.]

Now I know how to shut you up.

[She pulls up the edge of the hood, enough to see Riley's eyes.]

Hey.

Oh shut up.

[Her already dark skin is flushed as she scratches her cheek then gives her a shove.]

So, you wanted a burger. Right?

With cheese, and no pickles. No pickles ever again.

[Ellie shoves her back, then reaches out to grip her hand, clinging tightly. For a second she hesitates, trying very hard to be cool, but then she steps close and practically throws herself against Riley, hugging her hard.]

Oh is that all?

[She laughs then hugs her back before pulling back with one of her hands in her own to pull her along.]

You gotta try this place over here. It opened up after you left and it's fucking amazing!

Who's running it?

[Ellie catches up, gripping Riley's hand like she won't let go for hours, daring her to pry her off.]

And I hope we get a discount, 'cause I'm broke.

A local actually! We taught the guy how to make burgers and he just took off with it!

[They as it...not Riley. Sure she doesn't suck at cooking but she's still learning finer points for foods she's never had before.]

And don't worry about money. I got this.

[Ellie totally doesn't miss how Riley upgraded her back up to burger.]

Still can't beat Joel's, but we'll make do.

So what the hell have you been doing with your life without me here, making it interesting?

Oh you know. Kicking ass. Taking names. I have my own place now though and it's sooo sweet. Got it right near the arcade.

[Priorities. Hers are in order.]

You did?! Did you bring my stuff? And Jackson?

[Because seriously, Joel wasn't here either, was he?]

Of course I did. Both the dogs get along really well and I've even been teaching Jackson some new tricks. They're like...ninja dogs now.

[Because obviously she has to teach the dogs to be great Assassin companions.]

The hell'd you teach them how to do? Fetch throwing stars?

I guess you will just have to find out how awesome I've made them.

They're dogs. They're awesome by default.

[Ellie pulls them into the restaurant, finding a booth and stretching out on one side, putting her feet up. Ugh, she needs a shower. Riley's awesome for not saying anything.

Cheeseburgers first. As they order, Ellie reaches for the ketchup and one of the napkins and squirts some on her finger, licking it off. It's disgusting, but she's starving.]

So we got back to Tommy's place a little while ago. And I finally told Joel about you.

You are not wrong about that.

[After seeing her girlfriend settle for ketchup, she waves down an order of fries and shoves them in front of her. Seriously. Settling for ketchup is apocalypse shit, girl.]

Yeah? How'd that all go?

Giving me the first crack at the fries? You must've really missed me.

[Ellie stuffs her cheeks so fast, it's hard to say whether she actually tastes it. She's not as painfully thin as the last time she came back from their world, but she's still a growing girl.]

I think he was kinda surprised when I said "she".

[Ellie gives her a small smile.]

I'm not the one who has been running through mushroom zombie land.

[So naturally Ellie gets first crack at the fries. She does grab a few though, chewing on them and eating with her mouth full of food.

Some brother of hers would flick her ear for sure.]

She, huh?

[Then she feigns shock.] Woah shit! You mean I'm a chick?

[Ellie gives her a heavy kick in the shin.]

I've seen the show, remember?

[She actually doesn't even wince because she's got awesome hidden shin guards down there and instead just laughs.]

Yeah, yeah. So what happened after that?

[Ellie can feel it. She pauses, then leans down, totally distracted.]

The fuck is on your legs?

[She grins and brings her leg up so she can pull her pant leg up. There's a shin guard there.]

Cool, right?

... does this mean you're an assassin now, for real?

I'm not top dog or anything but I got some stats.

Holy shit. Do you have a blade thingy and everything?

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