[fic] This Gun For Hire (1942) - "They'll Ask Me Why and I'll Tell Them I'd Rather"

Title: They’ll Ask Me Why and I’ll Tell Them I’d Rather
Fandom: This Gun For Hire (1942)
Genre: AU, drama, romance.
Characters/pairings: Philip Raven/Ellen Graham
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 6,020
Summary: Sequel to There Are Dreams I Must Gather. Philip Raven returns to the club, as promised. (Or, in a very special performance, Miss Ellen Graham deconstructs the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope.)

Notes: It wasn’t necessary to mention it in There Are Dreams I Must Gather, but for the purposes of these fics, I headcanon that Ellen moves away from California after the events of the film. I suspect she becomes pretty well known in L.A. (and even San Francisco) as “that nightclub singer who was taken hostage by that guy who stole all that money,” and when you combine that with her breaking up with Michael, well, I can see her wanting to get away and start fresh, so to speak. So this fic and the previous one actually take place in Chicago.

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( ''So what should I call you these days?'' Ellen asked. ''Since you said you changed your name.'' )