Summary: My ass thought this would be a good idea. Am I okay with this writing and am I proud of how this is written? nah I don't like how it's so predictable. Am I going to change it? Nah, don't want. Anyway have some fun with angst and fluff!
Also for the love of god \/
NO JOELXELLIE shipping in the comments I SWEAR TO GOD I'M NOT SHIPPING THEM AND IF YOU SHIP THEM IN HERE THEN I WILL BLOCK YOU!

Amount of words: 1163

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Ellie was walking through a forest for the first time in a while. She was now 16 years old and she felt like she could go on patrols alone now. However even then it would be hard to do it alone.

She was walking through the forest when she heard footsteps coming her way. She turned around with her rifle ready when Joel came galloping in. She felt herself relax a little bit but before she could do something else. She was picked up by him when he ran beside her. She let out a surprised sound but she goes along with it and slides her arms around his waist. She turns around for a moment but when she sees that raiders are following them she gets it.

She turns back around and grabs her other stuff so that she can begin to shoot. However before she can do anything Joel makes a sharp turn and she grabs his shirt again. She winces when she feels his shirt rip a little bit.

It's been a while since she has done that. She turns back around and begins to shoot the raiders. When they begin to shoot back. Joel makes another turn and grabs her arm. She looks back at him and smiles a little when he looks worried.

She wants to turn back when he tugs her arm again. She looks back at him and motions for her to sit in front of him. She wants to shake her head but he motions again and she nods then. He turns around the corner and she climbs in front of him. She knows he is worried but at the same time he can't ride and shoot at the same time. She wants to say this when there are some shots again.

He tells the horse to begin to run again and she leans back somewhat. She is still looking around but at the same time she feels like she should somewhat relax her racing heart. Joel places his hand on her shoulder and she smiles up at him. He looks a bit pained but he still smiles back down at her.

They have been riding for a while when they come into a clearing. She looks up at the sky and sees it's beginning to dark. When a shot rings out. She turns back to Joel to warn him when she sees him falling down on his back in slow motion. She holds her hand out and she swears she lets out a scream. When Joel has fallen down she runs to him and looks him over frantically. When she doesn't see him breathing she begins to frantically look for a pulse. She doesn't find one. He is dead.

With a start her eyes shoot open and she shoots up. When she looks around she finds that she is in her room. Her throat feels raw and she thinks she has screamed in real life. She places her hand over her chest to feel her heart racing. She knows that Joel isn't dead but her dream felt so real that she needs to be sure. She stands up and begins to walk down the hall where Joel his room is.

When she opens the door. His door is never fully closed. Mostly because he wants her to not feel guilty for waking her if something were to happen or if she has a nightmare. She looks into the room and sees that Joel is laying on his good ear. Because of this he wouldn't notice if she would open the door because he is facing away. She slowly walks to the bed and shakes his shoulders.

He takes a deep startled breath and shoots up. Ellie takes a step back. She is happy that he took that deep breath and he is alive. But sometimes it still scares the shit out of her when he wakes up like that. Can't he just wake up like a decent human being? She will always be surprised with the way he wakes up when she wakes him up. But she also heard from DIna that all parents wake up this way. When Joel has adjusted to the dark room does he look around for a moment before his eyes fall on her.

Her eyes are a bit red because of the nightmare and she thinks she cried in her sleep when she didn't feel his pulse immediately. But she isn't sure. He shifts on the bed and makes place for her. He never asks her what happened mostly because he knows that nightmares suck a lot. But also because Joel can see most of the time how she feels about stuff. And this night isn't a particularly good night.

She slides into the bed and she turns her face into his chest. He wraps his arms around her so that she is cocooned in his chest. She sniffs for a moment when she feels safe and he tightens his hold on her before placing a kiss on the crown of her head. She places her hands in front of her before placing them on his chest.

It's sometimes for warmth but tonight it's to feel his heart beating. He leans back for a moment. Not enough for her hands to dislodge but enough that he can look at her. "Was it bad, Kiddo?" She just nods and trails her hand down to his scar. It's to say that it had something to do with him being hurt. But it will never tell him how bad it was.

They developed this after she got hurt and they had to run away from Him and she didn't talk for a while. She could press against the place that was hurt. And he would get that it had something to do with him getting hurt. Sometimes she would talk about it later. But sometimes she would stay quiet about it.

When he felt her hands going to the place he got it. Honestly he thought that it would have gotten better at some point. But he also knew that sometimes it would stay the same. And that trauma would never truly go away. He shuffled back a little bit and placed his head above her head. He was laying on the cushions while she curled up against him. He smiled a little. He was happy that she came to him and would not deal with it alone.