Love Aside | Ellie x Male Reader | The Last Of Us

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You: I-

Joel starts waking up.

Joel: Get to sleep...

He snores off again.

You: Forget it. Whats your deal?

Ellie: I dunno. Born into this shit. Since then, friends with Marlene and this one girl. But...she died. Same day I found out I'm immune.

You: How?

Ellie: We both got bit...thought we go out together and turn. All poetic.

You: I'd die like that...

Ellie: Not a chance with me. Hah.

She puts her head lower, upset.

You: We'll find a different way to die.

I joke, bored.

Ellie: How do you want us to die together?

She plays along.

You: Shut up.

I take a turn on the road.

You: So, you were just friends with the girl?

Ellie: Mhm. Nothing more. Why?

You: Love.

Normally, now I would have exhaled my fag when I say this but...I can't.

Ellie: I-I've never been with anyone. You?

I think back, all the girls I used to make-out with and how we used to flirt. Long time ago, large distance from here. Nothing serious.

You: Pfft. What do you thnk?

I ask rhetorically, she dosen't get it.

Ellie: I get it, you have a girlfriend.

She drops back, laying on the seats being short enough.

You: I don't. I'm alone.

Ellie: Welp, not for now, dude.

You: Sadly...

She sighs.

Ellie: For once in your sad life, be glad.

You: You know nothing.

Ellie: You won't say anything.

You: Fuck off.

Ellie: To where?

I roll my eyes.

You: To sleep.

She gives up, sighing.

Ellie: We'll see, dude. Goodnight.

You: Yeah.

I hear her shuffle.

*Timeskip*

I lay down, bleeding out my stomach from the bullet. Slow.

I feel like I'm drifting away. All poetically.

Slowly, blood come out the side of my mouth as around me every infected gargles by.

A huge horde, all ignoring me, gargling and screeching making a percect circle around me.

A clicker comes in the circle and bites my right into my face as it's teeth sink right into my upper face.

I jolt awake, breathing heavily and sweating. I check for stab wounds.

Joel: Woah, kid, relax. Nightmares again?

You: Yeah...Yeah...

I gasp for air, taking off my bandanna.

Joel: Y/N...

He uses my real name?

I feel my restless eyes, I look over at him.

Joel: I don't like seeing you like this, Y/N...

You: I know, Joel.

I reach over to my water bottle and I finish it.

I hear the girl softly snore behind me from the passanger seat.

You: What are we going to do with her?

Joel: Give her to Tommys. I can't afford to lose you too.

You: I know you don't want to give her to Tommys. You want to keep her safe yourself.

Joel: Of course. It's making me feel better protecting her, knowing she's safe.

You: Yeah.

Joel: You yourself, you like her.

You: I guess she could have been worse. More annoying.

I put my head back.

Joel: Or less...

You: Joel?...

Joel: Yeah?

You: She reminds you of Sarah-

Joel: Y/N. Stop.

You:...I really wish I met her.

Joel:...I don't.

I look at him.

Joel: You'll probably sway her over. I can't imagine you as her boyfriend.

I chuckle slightly.

Joel: You would have been best friends. Both skating...

We ride in silence.

We hear shuffling in the back as Ellie rises up, yawning, stretching and having bags under her eyes.

Ellie: Hey..

Joel: 'Morning.

We continue down the road in the car as the city looks beautiful.

We are on the free way but theres cars in the way.

Ellie: Now what?

We brake.

Joel: Screw it.

I whisper.

You: It's a trap..

I pull out my pistol.

We drive to the right, down to the city. After driving down the street, a bloodied man comes out holding his stomach.

???: Help! Stop!

We brake.

Ellie: Holy shit...are we going to help?

Joel: Seatbelt on.

Ellie: What about the guy?

You: He's going to be actually hurt in a second.

He blasts the pedal and we drive forward as the man pulls out a gun where I quickly put my body out of the open window and shoot.

He drops down as many come rising up from the barricade.

We continue to speed down as I continue shooting at a man throwing a brick at us.

From the right, a huge bus comes driving towards us.

I quickly drop back in as we are hit from the back side and skive off to a garage with a huge impact as I hold my arm out to hold back Joel.

Ellie: I'm ok...I'm ok...

Joel: Then let's get out...

I look left to a glass shard stuck in my forearm where I protected Joel.

I snap the big chunk off and hold it as the smaller piece is still inside me.

We unzip as from the back the door opens and a man pulls Ellie.

???: C'mere.

Ellie: Shit!

I quickly turn back and stab him in his throat with the glass. He drops out with Ellie as from my left a man attacks Joel as I drop down under the seat for the gun.

I grab it and shoot him as I jump out, stumbling from the impact.

I tackle the bleeding man thats holding Ellie as I punch the glass further into his neck.