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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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    22 Jun 2023

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    “Why don't you just take me back to Marlene?” she asks, since it seems so much like Joel wants to get her off his hands. It’d be nice to see a friendly face again and Marlene wouldn’t treat her like such a baby.

    “If she was up to the task, why'd she drop you off on us?”

    “Well, maybe she's better now.” She doesn’t really believe it, but she doesn’t want to agree with him.

    He scoffs. “Kid, I don't mean to upset you, but your friend's chances of survival weren't too high to begin with.”

    Oh, good, she’s “kid” again. And he’s being mean. Again.

    Or: Joel calls Ellie a lot of weird names.

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    25 Aug 2023

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    He frowns and picks the picture up, angling it to better see it in the light of the fluorescents of the hallway shining in. He looks over to Ellie’s sleeping face, smooth now in a brief reprieve from nightmares. He looks back to the picture. Back to Ellie. Back to the picture.

    It’s…it’s her. It has to be. Same nose, same eyes, same ears. The baby has the soft roundness of a young infant that makes it hard to tell jaw shape or cheekbones, but there’s no denying it.

    He’s holding a picture of an infant Ellie.

    (the fireflies steal ellie's fedra file) (in the hospital, joel finds it)

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    01 Aug 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 35

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    “We could’ve saved the world!” She shouted at him, her emotions running on overdrive in a way she hadn’t felt since their actual first night in Jackson all those months ago when she’d accused him of not caring about her. “The whole world, Joel!”

    He stood in front of her, voice low and steady with his simple yet definite reply, “I did” - a breath. “I saved my whole world”

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    The first time Joel tells Ellie he loves her.

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    03 Jun 2023

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    Cody and Obi-Wan's love story, as told through food.

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    29 Mar 2023