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“I c… I can’t keep going on like this, Joel,” Ellie sniffled from the hiding place she’d made in his shirt. She was so tired of the nightmares, and the panic attacks, and not being able to eat without being sick; she’d been waiting for all of it to lessen with time, but it hadn’t. In fact, it’d only gotten worse. “... I’m so tired.” Her words shriveled up, and were soon accompanied by the now familiar sound of her crying. It was softer, more tired sounding than he’d grown used to.
“I know, baby girl,” Joel uttered, letting his breath fall warmly against the top of Ellie’s head as he sighed. If he could take all of her pain away and put it on himself, he’d do it in an instant, but he couldn’t, and so he was left feeling nothing but helpless. “Listen to me, things will get easier-”
“... when, Joel?”
TLDR// post episode eight one shot, exploring ellie’s trauma and recovery after david