[locked to Nikita] catching up

[babochka_x899]

Alex wouldn't say it was like old times, too much had happened for life to ever go back to the way it had been, but training with Nikita was something she had missed, even if she hadn't realized how much until they had found each other in the madness known as Tabula Rasa. Having her partner with her for their daily run, pushing each other further and faster - it was more than just familiar.

Their run and the cool down that followed had led them to a usually deserted stretch of beach. Alex stretched out on her towel, letting the sun bake into her muscles while the ocean breeze dried the sweat from the run, and grinned over at Nikita.

"Better than a Division treadmill any day."

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[ms_legendary]

"No kidding, right?" Nikita stretches out on the towel, arms behind her head and smiles up at the sun. She's stopped smiling at Alex every time she hears her voice or remembers she's here, for Alex's sake, but she can't help the glow of warmth in her chest.

Everything's better with Alex here. Jason's been a godsend, even Cassandra in her odd ways, but Alex is hers down to the soul. That kind of loyalty can never be bought and it can never be swayed, not in the end. Everything they've been through is proof of that.

Now if the Division tails she keeps spotting out of the corner of her eye would just make a move, they'd be golden.

"Turquoise water, white sand beaches, no one trying to kill us? It's a hell of a recruitment package."