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  1. Public Bookmark 77

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    Joel and Ellie deal with some stupid cold temperatures and assorted shenanigans (the not-fun kind) in and around the town of...Dinosaur, CO.

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    12 Mar 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 76

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    She needs to stop watching Joel sleep. It’s getting kinda weird.

    Honestly, it was probably weird a few months ago.

    In Ellie’s defence, for a while there, there wasn’t anything to do but watch him sleep and hope he wouldn’t die.

    Or: Ellie watching Joel sleep

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    08 Feb 2025

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    “Christ, Tess, I thought you were in some kind of trouble. Do I look like a taxi service to you?” he asked.

    She rolled her eyes to a sidelong glance. “No, Joel, I don’t need a ride for her, I need a place."

    It took a beat for her words to sink in but when they did he pulled back half a step. “You want me to take the kid?”

    “Just hear me out-”

    “No.”

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    or your favorite feral father-daughter duo repackaged, now with 95% less zombies and 99% more modern problems (golfing isn’t one of them)

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    29 Jan 2025

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    Now that Ellie’s alone, she just sits on her bed and looks at her book. She can’t call it reading anymore – by now she has read the thing front to back so many times that she could quote some paragraphs word for word.

    That’s why it’s weird that it took her so long to notice the message written on the front page.

    There, nestled just below the title, there’s one line of writing addressed to her. It doesn’t mention any names, but it is for her. It can’t be otherwise.
    It’s not Tommy’s handwriting, nor Maria's, nor Riley's.

    But it’s somebody’s. Somebody who knew she’d like to read about Moon landing, spaceships, and astronauts. Somebody who cared enough to take this book, fix the hardcover with some scotch tape, and give it to her. Somebody who wrote those words on the front page knowing that they would make her smile.

    Somebody who loved her.

    It’s late spring 2024 when Ellie wakes up in Jackson. She has a backpack full of books, a burn on her arm, and no memory of how she went from Boston QZ to Wyoming.

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    28 Jan 2025

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    “Are you in trouble? Back home?”

    The ends of her sweatshirt are grasped in her fists, wrapped around her hands. He half expects her to pull the hood up, tie the strings over her face, and completely tuck herself away. It makes him think of the other night with that nasty motel bedspread pulled right up beneath her chin, asking about locks on the door. It makes him think of a scared kid.

    “What difference does it make?” Ellie mumbles out while avoiding his gaze. “I’m out of there now.” She turns a steely gaze towards him. “And I’m not going back.”

    “Wasn’t planning on makin’ ya,” Joel whispers in the late night air. The stars are coming out. If it’s a clear enough night, maybe he can point out Mars to her.

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    Ellie's a foster kid who helps herself to the bed of Joel's truck to get where she needs to go. Joel is a sucker who just can't turn her away.

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    28 Jan 2025

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