A/N: A/N: Written for femslash100's drabbletag for the prompt "punch". Had some trouble and ended up deleting the first time I tried to post. Fingers crossed all goes well this time!
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There's a moment that both of them are dead silent, staring, uncomprehending. Cass considers the ache burning along her jaw as Stephanie boggles over her smarting knuckles.
"Did," Stephanie starts and stops, hardly more than a whisper. "Did I really…?"
"Good punch," Cass says, hand coming up to touch where Stephanie's blow struck home. Someone who didn't know better might think she was reacting to a kiss on the cheek.
Cass may have fallen for Stephanie's feint, this one time out of so many, but she sees the excited hug coming with perfect clarity and she happily welcomes it home.