#pattyellen

remember when the damages season 2 finale flash forward had this song playing over the pattyellen gunpoint confrontation and that was already insane but they're doing crazy shit all the time on that show right. and then we find out that it's fucking diegetic and ellen selected it specifically while preparing to hold patty at gunpoint. can anyone hear me

lmao had to go find the old-ass livejournal crack post that had me like. ok at least SOMEONE in 2009 understands me.

Patty is cheating on her wife.  Ellen couldn’t prove this in a court of law. It’s just a feeling—a hint of something. The UNR lawyer is Claire Maddox, a pioneer in the field of dirtbag corporate lawyers who also happen to be women, and she has sharp eyebrows and an upturned nose and she wears clothing that subtly shows off her legs. And Patty—well, Patty looks.  Not that looking is a crime. But there’s a kind of possessiveness in Patty’s demeanor that makes Ellen think...well, if she’s not sleeping with her now, she sure was at some point.

It’s not clear if Alex has picked up on the game. But maybe she’s playing a different one, because after she finishes her first glass of wine, she reaches across the table to where Patty’s hand is resting and takes it in hers. It’s so startlingly insubordinate for a new employee that Patty is stunned into silence for a moment, and by the time she’s come up with the words she wants to use to scold or even berate Alex for the crossed line, Alex has gone a step further. It’s not completely incriminating, not yet, but she’s sliding her thumb across the pulse point in Patty’s wrist, smooth but firm against the tender skin. As soon she does it, Patty no longer feels off balance. She knows what Alex is doing. All she needs to do is decide how she wants to react. “I want to be of assistance to you,” Alex says. It almost sounds earnest, but not quite. Patty’s done enough depositions to be able to tell. But she can also tell that Alex isn’t looking for blackmail, or a sexual harassment suit. What Alex wants, clearly, is to distinguish herself. To become invaluable.

Patty is cheating on her wife.  Ellen couldn’t prove this in a court of law. It’s just a feeling—a hint of something. The UNR lawyer is Claire Maddox, a pioneer in the field of dirtbag corporate lawyers who also happen to be women, and she has sharp eyebrows and an upturned nose and she wears clothing that subtly shows off her legs. And Patty—well, Patty looks.  Not that looking is a crime. But there’s a kind of possessiveness in Patty’s demeanor that makes Ellen think...well, if she’s not sleeping with her now, she sure was at some point.

“Game over,” Patty whispers. There’s no mistaking the rush of heat at Patty’s words, but Ellen does her best to do so anyway. There must be a heating vent somewhere, she thinks. That’s the only reason she feels so warm. Unbidden she pictures Patty stabbing her in the stomach. Patty slicing her open. Patty with blood smeared across her face, licking her lips.