series summary ; in times of weakness or fear, look for the light — you struggle to survive in the now post-apocalyptic world currently overrun with infected. and now tasked with escorting a man and girl cross the country in hopes of a cure, you’re finding alot more to fight and survive for
pairing ; ellie williams x female!reader [ no use of yn ]
warnings ; warnings are subject to change with each posted chapter ; this series may contain themes such as explicit language, sexual content, violence, alcohol and triggering topics such as : anxiety, nightmares and death. please read at your own risk.
word count ; [ in-progress ] 10.8k
notes ; no description or background is given about the reader -- if anything is given, details are vague and meant to be as general as possible
chapter one ; quarantine zone
⇢ twenty years after the initial outbreak of the cordyceps virus, people are still struggling to survive among the wastelands of the boston quarantine zone. and you are no stranger in having to do what it takes to survive
chapter two ; outskirts
⇢ the outskirts of the quarantine zone are trivial to navigate, and you are slowly starting to find out just how difficult this mission is about to become the longer you trek towards the capitol building
chapter three ; bill’s town ꒰ coming soon — 03/20 ꒱
⇢ meeting up with joel’s ‘friend’ is going about as great as you had expected it too -- not great. and now, it seems you’re only hoping of getting out of this boobytrapped, infected ridden town is to get a battery from an old fedra truck on the other side of town
chapter four ; pittsburg ꒰ coming soon — 03/20 ꒱
⇢ making it to pittsburg? easy. getting out of pittsburg after you’ve been ambushed and chased through the streets of the old quarantine zone by a group of hunters that have no regard for human life? fucking difficult and adding a whole other layer to this job you and joel have taken on
chapter five ; the suburbs ꒰ coming soon — 03/20 ꒱
⇢ threats still seem to linger around every corner, and it seems your group is not quite done with the horrors of the pittsburg quarantine zone. and part of you begins to speculate whether this journey to find fireflies is worth it, given the amount of deaths that seems to follow you everywhere
