ALOY AND NIL: We all know you guys love each other so just hold hands already kk??

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“This battle will be hard. Are you ready?” Aloy asked.

Nil raised one eyebrow. “Hard? I was assured the odds would be near impossible.”

Aloy frowned at him, worry still painted across her face. “And you’re okay with that?”

He took a small step closer to her and lowered his voice intimately. “Impossible odds, fine company, killing without consequence… how could I resist?”

Suddenly something inside of her seemed to melt, and she took a step closer to him. She cupped his neck with one hand and pressed her forehead to his. “I missed you,” she breathed.

Nil’s heart pounded painfully and he returned the gesture, cradling her neck and twining his fingers in her hair. “I missed you too,” he told her. “You tore the heart from my chest when you went back east. Every breath without you was like a dull knife between the ribs. I can breathe easy now that you’re back where you belong, with me.”


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