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CHUNK GO PEW PEW WHOOSH ➹ still loving @FortisMecanicus [ᴘᴀʀᴏᴅʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ]

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ, ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ɴᴇᴄᴋ, ʙᴀᴛʜᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴɴᴇss.

Frances ‘Frankie’ Barton, of Hawkeye and Mockingbird; NYPD detective; trying her best to avoid emotions and superhero bullshit; older version of @pauIoavis.

a journey to #avalon

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@FortisMecanicus + to in her loneliest years.

“I could hand your ass to you any day of the week.”

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She’s just going to climb onto @FortisMecanicus’s back and cling there like a little koala.

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@FortisMecanicus “I’m way hotter than crazy, babe,” Frankie retorts immediately. “Don’t sell me short.”

This park will always hold a special place in Frankie’s heart. It’s where it all started for them, really. Honestly, that was one of the best nights of her life and a memory that she clung +

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@FortisMecanicus + sure you thought I was kind of crazy, though.”

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@FortisMecanicus “How could I forget?” Frankie asks after taking a long first lick of the icy treat. “You made me so happy that night. Happier than I could remember ever being.” In fact, 95% of all of her good memories in the year immediately after her resurrection feature Alice. “I’m pretty +

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@FortisMecanicus + grin.

"Yeah, I'd rather not have a half-completed tattoo either."

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@FortisMecanicus Frankie doesn't want Alice to be anything other than exactly what she is. She loves every part of Alice, warts and all. Although she really hopes that neither of them screw up this time.

When they reach the ice cream, Frankie immediately orders cookie dough with a gleeful +

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@FortisMecanicus + unless it’s an all hands on deck thing.” Those rarely happen, so they should be safe to say that their time together will be uninterrupted.

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@FortisMecanicus Bobbi is definitely supportive... for the most part. Frankie can still sense sometimes that something about Alice causes her mother a little unease. She hopes it’s just the typical ‘you hurt my daughter once before’ and not anything more than that.

“They know not to call me in +

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@FortisMecanicus + Frankie’s crazy work schedule.

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@FortisMecanicus “You just read my mind,” The blonde nods in confirmation as they make their way out of the apartment and onto the street. “Was Ma okay giving you the time off?”

Honestly she’s eternally grateful that Bobbi is so understanding and willing to give Alice days off that align with +

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@FortisMecanicus + considering her act first, think later tendencies.

“It’s not the same and you know it,” Frankie grumbles half heartedly before tucking herself back into Alice’s side happily.

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@FortisMecanicus Things going to shit real fast is exactly what Frankie is scared of. After all, the last time it happened was when they were at their strongest. It doesn’t take her imagination long to think of another scenario depicting how she’ll probably send Alice running again, especially +

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@FortisMecanicus + her. She had been enjoying Alice's warmth.

"Mhmm, sounds good to me."

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@FortisMecanicus "The first one was supposed to be a surprise," Frankie points out with an arched brow. It was going to be quite a grand surprise, too. But nothing ever really goes to plan for them.

Frankie nods her head in agreement despite the deep frown that forms the moment Alice releases +

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@FortisMecanicus + wanted was to forget, to be able to move on. No, Alice’s name has (and will) never leave her.

“You’re not nervous about it?”

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@FortisMecanicus “That’s never been in question,” The blonde says softly as she squeezes Alice’s hands gently while averting her gaze. Even when Alice left, when Frankie was sure that Alice must have hated her, the brunette never once stopped being in her mind, even when sometimes all she +

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@FortisMecanicus + have each other’s names.”

Not that Frankie is having any second thoughts, she just... doesn’t want Alice to have her name permanently on her body if she may leave again and right now the detective isn’t so sure that she’s given Alice enough reasons to actually stay.

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@FortisMecanicus When her eyes land on the birds soaring across Alice’s neck, Frankie places a soft kiss to the ink before looking up at the brunette, “I know. I know. But it’s... it feels different. It’s one thing to have tattoos that signify each other, but it’s something else entirely to +

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@FortisMecanicus + decision.”

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@FortisMecanicus “That’s why I took the night shift last night,” Frankie responds, smiling against Alice’s lips. She has today and the following two days off as well. She’ll take any excuse to spend as much time with Alice as possible.

“Are you sure about this? I mean, it’s a pretty permanent +