➶-͙˚ ༘⋆ tlnl reader sometimes is able to take a few strands of Ellie's hair and put them into teeny tiny braids. It's usually when Ellie is high and blissed out, because you're able to play with Ellie's hair without as much of Ellie's typical fidgeting. Ellie's head would tilt to the side, her eyes shut as she focused on the sounds of Pearl Jam filling her room. The feeling of your fingers working gently through her auburn strands actually plays the biggest part in her relaxation, but Ellie doesn't mention that part. The tiny braids don't get mentioned either, but she leaves them in her hair.
➶-͙˚ ༘⋆ tlnl Ellie sleeps much too soundly in your bed, surrounded by an abundance of pillows, throw blankets, and stuffed animals. Since high school, Ellie has teased you about the amount of pillows on your bed. And yet, it is her ideal nap spot.
➶-͙˚ ༘⋆ tlnl reader calls Ellie every single variation of her name under the sun and Ellie doesn't even blink about it anymore, even though it used to previously cause her to huff and puff. Ellie's just heard too much bullshit from your mouth to be phased. Ellie, El, Ellie belly, Ell bell, Ellie belly jelly bean, Elliesaurus, Ellie Williams... honey-baby once when you were wasted and half asleep and grabbing for her arm and complaining that it was taking Ellie too long to sit with you in bed.
➶-͙˚ ༘⋆ tlnl Ellie has a lot of classmates in college that, unbeknownst to her, silently assume that she has a girlfriend because of her lockscreen (a photo from when yourself, Ellie, Jesse, and Dina had gone out of town some weekend during college to go to a museum. The photo is of you and Ellie, standing shoulder to shoulder in front of a massive dinosaur fossil display. Ellie is staring up at the dinosaur, and you’re staring at her with a grin on your face. Technically, Jesse was in the photo, too. He was standing on the other side of Ellie. He had been cropped out, though. Still, you can kinda see part of his arm if you look close enough), and the smell of perfume wafting off of her clothes... not like Ellie was the one to spray it, but like it lingered.
➶-͙˚ ༘⋆ tlnl reader loves to paint her nails, and Ellie's whenever she allows — which is pretty much always. You are extremely aware of Ellie's fidgeting habit though, the way in which Ellie will twist her fingers around whenever she idles. Whenever you paint Ellie's nails, you gently massage her hands and chat with her while the paint dries so that she feels a little less restless while waiting.