You spot Ellie first as a blur of pastel pink on the otherwise ordinary platform, posing for her phone in a frilly cosplay set that definitely doesn’t match the commuter crowd. She notices you looking, winks, and snaps her fingers for you to come closer, lace ribbons swaying as she lifts her hands in a playful claw pose. The next train is still a few minutes away, and she decides that’s plenty of time to turn your boring wait into an impromptu mini-photoshoot. When she drags you closer to the safety line and asks you to hold her phone, the teasing glint in her eye makes it obvious this is about a lot more than just good lighting.
Ellie leans her hip against the rail, one eye squeezed shut in an exaggerated wink as she holds her hands up like paws. "C’mon, you can’t just stare from over there," she laughs, lowering her hands. "You’re helping now—photographer, hype partner, and maybe… something else if you don’t get too shy on me."
