HBO TLOU x Male reader

chapter 11

The group were in some kind of building.

Y/N boosted Ellie up through a vent that leads into a room.
She opened the door.

Ellie: Where would you be without me, huh?

Joel: By now, Wyoming.

Ellie: Uh-huh.

They shined their flashlights around the room, Y/N ofcourse had his pistol out because his flashlight is attached to it.
They were in some kind of garage.
They saw the stairs to the roof.

Joel: We'll make our way up. I'll take a look at the city and find our way out.

Joel opened the door and confirmed that it's forty-five flights.

Joel: But no, not all the way.

Ellie: How far?

Joel: As far as I can make it.

Ellie found that funny because of Joel's age. Y/N kept quiet.

They began walking up the stairs.

On the way up Y/N was on edge, too much can go wrong in dark spaces, even if you have flashlights.

Joel and Ellie had labored breathing.

Y/N: You both need to get your stamina up.

Joel and Ellie: Shut it.

Y/N laughed on the inside.

Ellie asked Joel and Y/N how they knew that the guy who was pretending to be hurt was an ambush.

Joel stop going up the steps.

Joel: We've been on both sides.
It was a long time ago. We did what we needed to to survive.

Ellie: You two and Tess.

Joel: And the people we were with, my brother too, Y/N and Jack were young, they didn't really have a choice.

Ellie: Did you both kill innocent people?

There was a long pause before Joel started walking again.

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They reached the floor they wanted, Joel and Ellie were tired.

Ellie: Thirty three floors. That's good.

Joel had already sat down.

Y/N: Joel, you get a pass because of your age. Ellie, when this is done we are working on your cardio.

Ellie: UH-

Ellie couldn't believe he just said that.

Y/N: Hey, I'm not saying that to be mean, I'm saying it because it'll help you. I'll also be giving you combat training.

Ellie made a 'okay boss' face and nodded which made Y/N chuckle.

Ellie walked over to Joel and nudged his foot with her foot, then told him to get up.

Joel: Give me a minute.

Ellie: Nope, get ya lazy ass up.

She held out her hand and the exhausted Joel took it and he got up.

Joel: Lazy ass. I'm fifty six years old, you little shit.

Ellie chuckled. She acted as if she wasn't out of breath half a minute ago.

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Joel busted a door window, unlocked it and opened it. They went inside, it was a lounge. Y/N and Ellie made beds out of the couch cushions. Joel was using the broken glass as sound traps.

Ellie: What are you doing?

Joel: I don't want someone sneakin' up on us while we're sleepin'.

Ellie: Ohhhh. I get it. Crunch.

Y/N: Yep. We call it a sound trap.

Ellie: You sure you're gonna hear it?

Joel: Of course. That's the damn point.

Ellie: Okay, well. Good night.

Joel: Yeah, good night.

The three laid down. Y/N had his AK next to him, he needed to have it close just in case.

Joel: Ellie.

Ellie: Yeah?

Joel: When we were talkin' about hurtin' people, what did you mean it wasn't your first time?

Y/N wanted to tell Joel he shouldn't ask something like that, but again, he kept quiet.

Ellie turned onto her back and said she didn't want to talk about it.

Joel: All right. You don't have to. I'm just sayin'... it isn't fair, your age... havin' to deal with all of this.

Ellie: So it get's easier as you get older.

Y/N decided to speak up.

Y/N: Not exactly. You just learn to close your heart to it. You learn not to feel for them. Any act of compassion is a random act.

Ellie: The reason I asked if you'd hear the glass or not is because I noticed you don't hear too well from your right side. Is it because you were shot there?

Joel: Probably more from shootin'.

Joel: If you wanna keep your hearin'. Do what Y/N does and use a knife as primary.

Joel turned over to sleep... then Ellie gave a comepletely random fact.

Ellie: Did you know diarrhea is hereditary?

Y/N: HUH?

Joel: What?

Ellie: Yeah. It runs in your jeans.

Y/N: Oh.

It was a joke.

Joel looked at her and she tried her best to contain her laughter.
Joel rolled back over.

Joel: That's so stupid.

Ellie: You laughed, motherfucker.

Joel: I didn't laugh.

Ellie: Yes you did.

Joel: Even if I did. You didn't get Y/N to laugh.

Y/N: Correct.

Joel: I'm losin' it.

Joel couldn't contain his laughter, it leaked out. He and Ellie laughed, Y/N merely smiled.

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Joel woke up to the sound of Y/N telling someone to put their gun down. A man had a gun pointed to Ellie's head and Y/N had his AK pointed at the man. A kid had a gun pointed at Joel.

Y/N was ready to light both of them up if they decide to pull their triggers.