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❝ i'm sorry about your daughter, joel. but i have lost people, too [ ... ] ❞

A STUDY IN ..

the aloof savior, lost teenage years, troubled adulthood, always feeling never enough or too much, kill or be killed, girlhood vs godhood, survivor's guilt, girl vs society, revenge is best served cold, & accepting one's fate.

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#📌#dni with this post.#updated : 22 / 10 / 2023.

i'm thinking about ellie today.

#TBD.#maybe i'll come back again.

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❛ 𝐬𝐨, 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐥, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐢’𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐨. 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧’ 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. ❜ tommy chuckled. he glances back again, wondering if that got a laugh out of her as well. ❛ 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐢 - ❜ both talking and walking ceases for him altogether and he’s looking around with furrowed brows before laughing again. ❛ 𝐲’𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐤𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭. 𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝. ❜ he says, putting an emphasis on the final word. he continues walking, laughter just existing on his tone now.

❛ 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭! ❜ he interrupted himself, snapping his finger as the memory came back to him. ❛ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦’𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. ❜ he shakes his head at the ridiculousness of his youth. ❛ 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐢 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐢’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐥. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭. ❜

❛ 𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢’𝐦 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬— 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. ❜ he cuts himself off quickly, taking a more serious tone to warn ellie. she’s more careful than he is sometimes, but he’ll warn her just the same. ❛ 𝐛𝐨𝐨-𝐡𝐨𝐨, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? ❜ he picks up the story again just as quickly as he dropped it. ❛ 𝐢’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? ❜

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following closely behind him, she listens as the tale begins. tommy has a way with stories that make ellie think about the times before. not that she knew what life was like back then, but with people like tommy, she gets ideas regarding what it was like. however, nothing can compare to the real thing, or so she assumes. & then his remark about joel makes her chuckle. ❛ heh, typical, joel. ❜ she voices to herself.

she matches his movement, being mindful of the uneven ground around them, & nods as he instructs her to watch her step. she almost cuts him off to ask questions, but she knows better, & instead, she continues to listen. as she does, she takes her knife out of her pocket & flicks it open. his next statement brings her to a halt, & she closes the knife before placing both hands on her hips.

❛ you didn't, did you ? ❜ the teenager looks at him. her face void of emotion before the corners of her lips twitch.

#tommy tells stories like a kid.#he has a point but ellie's not sure where it is.#i love that for him.#bulletdrop #𝙞𝙞. ⁽ dialogue. ⁾#𝙞𝙞. ⁽ arc two. ⁾

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❛ 𝐢 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ' 𝐛𝐞𝐞 ' 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭? ❜ tommy speaks through some chuckling, looking back at ellie who trails behind him.

this is usually how it was when it was just the two of them. a nice brisk walk through nature, hopefully undisturbed. they'd share stories, then silence, then another story and so on and so forth. ❛ 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭. ❜ / @fromdecay - a starter you didn't ask for.

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she stops, and slowly, her brows fall down against her forehead. looking at tommy, she shakes her head. ❛ uh, the ' bee ' incident ? ❜ despite her better judgment, curiosity grips the teenager.

rarely does she get stories from joel; usually, tommy is the one to share things with her. as such, this should come as no surprise, & yet, he's left her bewildered. she begins walking again, trying to not fall too far behind him. ❛ fuck it, i don't think i've heard this one. what is this ' bee ' incident you speak of ? ❜

#bulletdrop #𝙞𝙞. ⁽ dialogue. ⁾#𝙞𝙞. ⁽ arc two. ⁾#there's a bee???

maybe standing outside in the dead of winter is a bad idea, but her head is racing with thoughts surrounding what happened that evening. the folks that saw it all happen now look at her differently for her reaction, & can she blame them for it ? she's always been an outsider, & now ? now things were worse.

she heard footsteps crunching on the frozen ground. a heavy sigh escaped as she raised her hands, ❛ listen, dina, i don't wanna ❜ her words were cut short as green eyes found the owner of the footsteps. slowly, she swallowed, her hands lower, but before she could say another word, he spoke, & this time, she listened.

❝ it's too late to say it, but i wanted to say it anyway.❞

❛ joel, ❜ she could only say his name. her gaze lowers to her hands as they curl into little fists. ❛ i ... ah, fuck, are you really gonna make me say it ? ❜ ellie hates this part. issues like these only started to pile on, & for what ? because both were too damn stubborn to admit when they fucked up ? or was it the fear that they both danced around & avoided ?