Joking
Both words in one sentence
- They act and bicker exactly like an old married couple, spend all the time possible together, tease and flirt (in a joking way), and play a blatantly spousal/parental role in the staff's nuclear family-modeled True Companions.
Source: The Not-Love Interest - The story then ends with the girls having a Ship Tease-laden tea party, happily smiling and joking at each other.
Source: Esoteric Happy Ending -
Elliot actually feels worse when Ellen doesn't tease him because he counts on it to help him through the craziness that has taken over his life (as in "It can't be that bad if we're joking about it.")
Source: Hypocritical Heartwarming
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