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He’s pretty sure it’s not her at first, because why would it be? But he gets a closer look to be sure and you don’t have to be a working spy to recognize someone from behind. “Allie?” He says anyway, mostly just to get her attention. “I certainly wasn’t expecting to see you here.” Grayson knows she hasn’t secretly become a student, because she would have told him. / @bcketts​

       the  allie  opened  up  about  her  brother  ,  saying  i’d tell him how i met you and…that you were easy to talk to. that i felt like you understood me and all   felt  like  forever  ago  .  now  ,  she  found  herself  with  the  room  to  herself  and  netflix  on  queue   and   on   the   way   to   make   the   most   of   spencer’s  noiseless   room   for   the   rest   of   the   night   at   nine   pm   on   a   tuesday   .

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"this might be a stupid question, but please..uh..bear with me for now.” he began, wrapping some bands around his hands as he faced the punching bag. drew’s desire to help has always had a constant hand in the things he got himself into in life. how it manifested this time was volunteering to teach the georgetown students self-defense and the training room was an obvious ( and appropriate ) place to do so. he cleared his throat, “have you ever done sports of any kind? it would help in determining where your apparent strengths could lie.” // @bcketts​

she thinks it’s fine they be allowed to visit roseville, even if it’s probably not the best idea, because they deserve a little...fun, if a small town can be considered fun. tilly is sitting alone in a cafe, her scone and coffee both barely touched as she focuses on reading her book. someone standing straight ahead catches her eye and when she sees allie, her impulse is to hide behind her book but one of them has to he the twin with some balls, so instead she waves to catch her attention without drawing too much general attention from patrons. “allie! hi, do you want to sit with me?” / @bcketts​

it’s still a precarious situation, as far as he’s concerned, but if he has to say goodbye to the georgetown students forever once he graduates, then there’s no harm in spending time with them before that day comes. the only one who seems interested in still being his friend is allie, anyways. everyone else around school is mostly talking about the internship so he’s strangely at a loss when it comes to topics of conversation with someone who isn’t going. they’re in the sutton floor common room, which he knows seems strange, but...! that’s his life lately. “what would be your ideal summer vacation?” since he knows her future plans are, currently, out of her hands. / @bcketts​

the witness protection students seem perfectly nice -- no, exceptionally nice, and even when he was accosted by luce during the lockdown, he only felt worse for them than he already has. it feels like gallagher and the u.s marshal service or the fbi or whoever was tasked with protecting the georgetown students are being unfair, at this point. and grayson has been keeping his distance out of fear, both of slipping up and of growing attached to people he knows will leave soon. so perhaps he’s made a mistake where allie is concerned and it’s probably too much to hope that, one day, if he doesn’t continue on as a spy, he could maintain some kind of a friendship with her. even if he’s forced to pretend he’s an american the entire time. he gingerly picks up the sandwich, examining it like he hasn’t had it many times before. “not to sound like an idiot, but...what is apple butter, really? just exactly what it sounds like?” / @bcketts​

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