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    As soon as she sees Joel within shooting distance, Ellie lets the gun in her hands fall to the ground. She pulls her knees to her chest, arms wrapped tightly around them, face buried in her arms.

    “What’s wrong?” he demands when he thinks she’ll be able to hear him.

    She doesn’t look at him or respond other than to hold out her right hand.

    It twitches.

    Fuck.

     

    (ellie's cordyceps may not be as benign as they first thought)
    (or is it)

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    01 Aug 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 64

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    “I’m fine. Just need to secure the place and start a fire. Let me check you before—”

     

    He shakes his head and tugs insistently until she faces him. “Let me catch my breath and I’ll help you.”

     

    No. No, because he’s gone down multiple times since she got ahold of herself and he’ll just slow her down. And if she doesn’t keep moving, she’ll stop and if she stops, she’ll suffocate like a shark, but bloodier; more violent. A shark who acts out of revenge, not out of hunger.

     

    “Joel, just fucking… let me do this.” A tear rolls down her cheek. It stops before reaching her jawline, frozen. Like her. “I need to do this.”

     

    (obligatory post-silver lake fic)

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    01 Aug 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 36

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    Ellie takes a few hesitant steps toward the door before Joel notices it: blood, soaking down her side.

    Fuck. Fuck.

    He yanks her back, frantic as he pulls up the hem of her shirt. Dark red seeps through the fabric as he searches for the source. “Jesus,” he breathes, spotting the wound. “Okay, you’re okay. Keep goin’.”

    She stares at him in confusion, still trying to catch her breath from the terror of being attacked. “What?”

    “Just keep movin’.” With his hand on her back, Joel forces her forward until bodies no longer surround them. He needs space to work, needs to get her away from the carnage before shock sets in. With one movement, he sweeps the cans off the large crate, then focuses on Ellie. “Up,” he says, voice low as he boosts her to sit.

    “What’s wrong?” she asks. He can hear the fear creeping into her tone.

    “I think you were shot.”

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    (wherein henry's bullet doesn't just kill sam)

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    30 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 86

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    when the noise pierced through the walls like wet paper, zinging around the empty hallway, forcing them to blearily run to Rumi, whose room was tucked into the furthest corner of the wide hall, with a fear that clutched them by the throat.

    Mira was sure she’d never before heard a sound more primal, more horrific, more scared, and she’s sure she never wants to hear it again.

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    23 Jul 2025

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    her and Celine holding hands, smiling under a tree. She’d worked on it in secret for days. Tried to make the colors perfect. Her version of Celine had no face—just a shape—but she thought that was funny, like a little inside joke.

    Celine didn’t laugh.

    She didn’t even comment. She just cleared the table without a word and tossed the drawing in the trash.
    Later, Rumi dug it out. Folded it up. Hid it under her mattress like a crime.

    Because if there was one thing she understood, even at that age, it was this:

    You are not meant to be seen.

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    15 Jul 2025

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