you're on your own, kid
"I JUST HAVE TO WAIT THREE DAYS. THREE DAYS AND EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL. OR, THREE DAYS, AND I GET TO FINALLY GO ON THAT MISSION I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF."
tlou hbo ff // ellie x fem!oc
i do not own the last of us
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN "YOU GUESS!? YOU FUCKING GUESS!?"
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NOAH STARED OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, her mind blank. She had begun to do it a lot, she would just lose sight of what she was supposed to be doing, static filling her ears. She had stopped sleeping, she barely ate unless Joel got her to. They had slept over in a service station on the side of the highway the other night, and Noah didn't know how long she had spent in the bathroom. She only meant to wash her face, but she caught herself in the mirror.
Her black eye was only just fading, and the bruises and grazes along her stomach and knees were still dark, but they didn't hurt as much. Some injuries had scarred, a couple cuts on her elbows and her legs, leaving her with a constant reminder of what had happened just a couple weeks ago. Her mind wouldn't let it go, her own screams mixing with Ellie's every time she closed her eyes. It felt safer staying awake and drifting off.
She was happy when winter subsided, the weather getting warmer. She didn't want to wear that coat anymore, or that sweater, or those jeans, or those boots. Everything was ruined. Joel had managed to get her and Ellie some new clothes from an abandoned retail store a couple days ago, and Noah had wrapped herself in her brother's jacket again. It didn't smell like home anymore, she had been out of the QZ for too long. Now it just smelt like her backpack, a reminder that she was still searching for him. Her brother.
