Flicks him in the forehead.

“You dick! How long have you been hiding this from me?!” She flicks him in the head again, just a little harder than before.

Squints. “That’s quite a vague answer... but, I’m doing great. I should be home for a while too, no more work transfers for a while.”

“No!” She punches him in the shoulder for good measure and nearly pulls his shoulder out of socket when she yanks his hand to her face to inspect the ring. “How dare you not call me immediately! First Jojen ‘conveniently’ forgot to tell me he was back and now /you/?!”

“You’re seeing someone but she’s not your girlfriend?” This is far more interesting than her question about Ellie... she’ll get to that later. “Who is this new lucky lady? Has she met Ellie yet? Don’t lie to me or I’ll disappear forever.”

Because she is the older sibling and therefore is superior to baby brother one and baby brother two. “I have a cell phone! Again, you dick! And you cannot tell me you’ve been having nonstop sex this entire time... you get winded after running a mile.”

“Oh! Duh, I should’ve known, that makes way more sense. Still, that’s great, I’m really proud of you for taking that step.” She tilts her head to the side because this just isn’t adding up. “You’re dating one of Sansa’s closest friends? Her /sister/?! Don’t tell me it’s Arya...”

She goes very quiet and very still all at once as she regards her brother before reaching out and flicking him in the forehead. It’s her favorite way to let her brothers know she’s annoyed with them. “Why are you just now telling me you’re dating Sansa again?!”

“My brothers are the actual worst. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.”

“Mason ruined our tenth birthday party... and our eleventh... and our fifteenth... He is the worst.”

“HE BROKE MY BEST FRIEND’S ARM AT OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH A PIÑATA STICK BECAUSE HE HAS TERRIBLE AIM.”

“Hell yes I will be.”

“YOU NEARLY KILLED HIM.”

“YOU COULD’VE RUPTURED AN ARTERY WITH A PIECE OF BROKEN BONE AND HE WOULD’VE DIED.”

“I read minds.”

“This was just as traumatizing for you as it was for me.”

“Shut up, Ethan. My mother will kill you both.”

“Of course I’ll be your best lady. What a silly question.”

“I’m mad at you both! You’re engaged, Jojen is probably seeing, but definitely sleeping with, Sansa again, and I wasn’t told any of this until I pried the information out of you both!” She makes a face. “Eating an entire bag of Cheetos by yourself isn’t being fit.”

|| just popping in to say hello to everyone before probably disappearing once again into the ether 👋🏼