Last of us X Reader

Chapter two - I see a darkness

Summary: Joel and Ellie left Y/N in Jackson but Tommy could sense a darkness was approaching not for Jackson but for you

Word Count: 1.2k

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You had woken up mid-day as you stretched across the sofa and slowly rose from the sofa to waken yourself from sleep

As you rubbed your eyes to get the sleep out of them, you feel something doesn't feel right

As you got to your feet you could really sense something was wrong in the house

So you went to investigate as you ascended the staircase "Joel, Ellie I'm up I'm sorry I slept in again, hello anybody there" as you opened Ellie's door first you noticed her bed was made and her backpack was gone

You feel the sense of panic as you bolted for Joel's room "Joel, Ellie's gone we have to find her" but as you opened Joel's door, it was directly the same as Ellie's

You were stunned in what you were seeing, both their beds were made and backpacks were gone and there was no note

"Maybe they've gone out for patrol or hunting" you didn't realise your heart was thumping so loudly because of the feeling of panic

As you descended the stairs you started to pace around then decided to ask Tommy if he knew where Joel and Ellie were

Over at Tommy's house, Maria was concerned as Tommy held his head in his hand and muttering to himself

"Tommy I think if you talk with Y/N I think they'll understand" Tommy removed his head from his hands to look at Maria with a frown "it's not that simple, I made a promise that Joel wasn't going to leave them" Tommy takes a hard breathe in and out

"Maria do you remember when I told you about Joel and how he did things to survive" "yeah I remember why" "well Y/N also did things to survive but they did unimaginable things to survive"

Maria looked at Tommy with concern "like what Tommy" as Tommy was going to respond a hard but fast knocking could be heard at their front door

Tommy got up from his seat and walked over to see it was you, he closed his eyes for a second and to mentally prepare himself for the conversation

As Tommy opened the door, you gave him a big smile "hey Tommy um this might sound strange but do you by any chance know where Joel and Ellie are cause they're not at the house"

Tommy looked at you but didn't say anything, he just gave the indication to come in, as you walked in you stood in the front room where you noticed the memorial that has Sarah's name on it and another kid Kevin

You guessed quickly that it must be Maria's, as Tommy walked into the front room with you, Maria appeared from the kitchen and walked over to Tommy to give him a comfort pat on his back

You noticed Tommy had been fidgeting with his fingers, you realised he's nervous about something but you say nothing until Maria spoke to you

"It's okay Tommy I'll tell them" "tell me what" "how about we sit down and I'll explain to you"

So you and Maria sat down while Tommy stayed standing up, you looked between Maria and Tommy as you gave them a perplexed look

"So what do you want to explain to me" you gave out a nervous chuckle thinking it might lift the mood it didn't

"Y/N you asked if Tommy knew where Joel and Ellie where, the thing is pet" Maria started to realise why Tommy was going to have a hard time explaining to you

"The thing is what Maria" Maria took in a deep breath and looked you dead in the eyes "they left" "what" "they left this morning, Tommy met them at the stables and he opened up the gates so they could leave"

You were stunned in hearing what Maria said, you could hear a ringing in your ears and your heart thumping so loudly you wanted to make it stop but what made matters worse was being told Tommy knew as you looked at him

He wouldn't meet your gaze and that's when you felt something snap as words or sentences played in your mind like a broken record "he left you, abandoned you, he doesn't care, Tommy lied to you"

You brought your hands up to your face and started to breathe in and out, Maria noticed this and thought to herself and believed you were going to cry and got up from the sofa to grab some tissues from upstairs

Tommy watched Maria leave not noticing you have removed your hands from your face and slowly arose from your chair

When Tommy looked back in your direction, you grabbed him by his coat and shoved him against a wall

"Ugh, what the hell Y/N" "you knew" "I swear to god Y/N I didn't know" Tommy looked at you and could see your whole demeanour had changed and the glint in your eyes burning with rage

"You knew and DIDN'T FUCKING TELL ME" your grip on Tommy's coat tightened as you tugged him forward for a second to only push him back against the wall with some force but it caused some picture frames to fall on the ground

"Ahhh, Y/N you got to stop, I swear to you I didn't know, Joel never mentioned that he was going to leave you, you have got to believe me"

You wanted to believe him, you really did but it felt like your head was underwater and not wanting to come back up for air

You let go of Tommy's coat and stepped off to the side to collect your thoughts and try to calm down

As you started to pace around the spot where you stood, you started to talk to yourself quietly

"Tommy wouldn't lie to us would he" "or he told Joel the truth about us and is trying to cover it up" "Tommy wouldn't do that" "well I think he would since he left us and Joel with no radio contact all those years ago" you placed your hands up to your ears to block out noise "no, I'm not listening"

Tommy watched as your pacing stopped, this caused Tommy to try and reach out to you

"Y/N are you okay sweetheart" you snapped your head to Tommy and flinched with one word came into your head "RUN" to which you did

You bolted out the door back towards your house, all you could hear behind you was Tommy calling out your name

But in the chaos Tommy didn't hear Maria come back down the stairs since she heard the thud and the picture frames falling off the walls as she appeared to see you leaving out the door

Maria came up behind Tommy as he watched you bolting back towards your house "Tommy what happened, why are pictures on the floor"

"Don't worry about it, we had a bit of a spat" Tommy held Maria's hand and kissed her knuckles "but I think we better keep an eye out on them"

Maria looked at Tommy and could see concern and panic written on his face "what's wrong" "I can sense a darkness approaching" Maria furrowed her brow "a darkness where, Jackson"

Tommy shakes his head "no for Y/N"