[ Joel almost manages to wrangle Lucy off him just when Ellie joins him on the bed and her hands attack him on his neck. It's unexpected and Joel makes a noise that's something like a grunt. ]
El--
[ Lucy suddenly starts snuffling at his ear, a horribly sensitive part of his body to the touch, and it's between that and Ellie tickling the sides of his neck that Joel cuts off from saying Ellie's name and lets out a helpless bark of a laugh instead that sounds somewhere between a protest and a wheeze. ]
She almost stops to ask, but of course she knows what it really is--a laugh. A real laugh, not just a chuckle or an amused grunt. It occurs to her that it's pretty fucking sad that in the year and some that she's known him, spending almost every day with him, she's never heard this. Hell, even unguarded smiles are... pretty rare.
She likes hearing him laugh.]
That was kinda squeaky! I think you need some oil. [As much as she wants to hear more, she stops her assault, flopping over on top of him.]
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El--
[ Lucy suddenly starts snuffling at his ear, a horribly sensitive part of his body to the touch, and it's between that and Ellie tickling the sides of his neck that Joel cuts off from saying Ellie's name and lets out a helpless bark of a laugh instead that sounds somewhere between a protest and a wheeze. ]
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She almost stops to ask, but of course she knows what it really is--a laugh. A real laugh, not just a chuckle or an amused grunt. It occurs to her that it's pretty fucking sad that in the year and some that she's known him, spending almost every day with him, she's never heard this. Hell, even unguarded smiles are... pretty rare.
She likes hearing him laugh.]
That was kinda squeaky! I think you need some oil. [As much as she wants to hear more, she stops her assault, flopping over on top of him.]