When the Phoenix Rises... (TLOU2 N/A) (Ellie x Dina)

Crying, Cuddles and Cravings

After a long, stressful and uneventful day at the local Seattle Police Department, a young cop stepped through the door of her mothers house, by the name of Ellie Williams.

Ellie was a former college student with a bachelors degree in law enforcement, hence why she became a cop in the first place. Now, she worked full time, lived with her parents and had a two month old baby girl, named Athena Phoenix Williams. However, this wasn't always the plan...

Over a year prior, Ellie had been dating her former ex girlfriend, Cat. A relatively popular tattoo artist who might as well have been a failed stripper instead.

Against her parents warnings, Ellie was insistent on starting a family and moving in with Cat if the IVF treatments worked... Then, all Hell broke loose when Ellie showed Cat that positive pregnancy test...

"How could you do this?!"

"Do what? Cat, we talked about this and my mom gave me the treatments. YOU were there for it!"

"No, I never said I wanted this. I only agreed to it so I could keep dating you."

"Well then, it looks like you won't be getting me or this baby, bitch."

As per usual, Ellie removed her slightly damp jacket, hanging it behind the entrance door and squinting her eyes to check the time on her phones clock, "9 PM. Perfect. Time to feed my little princess."

Ellie whispered through her drowsiness, making her way upstairs towards her babies nursery. She assumed that judging by the silence, her mom was still working and Athena was asleep...

Ellie was quickly bordering on exhaustion, so she had to feed Athena quickly in hopes that she wouldn't doze off doing so. Although, seeing such a sweet little princess every day made Ellie forget about her exhaustion for a moment...

Ellie carefully pushed open the unbearably squeaky door, tiptoeing her way over to the crib and turning on a space themed light to give some extra brightness to the room. She lightly traced her fingers along little Athena's belly, leaning down to kiss her forehead, "Hey there, my little sugarplum..."

Her words rolled off of her tongue in a mumbled manner, triggering her to realize just how exhausted she was. She hated asking Anna or Joel for assistance, but sometimes it was needed so that Ellie could allow herself to unwind before feeding her.

As if Ellie could see this coming, Anna's voice triggered her to snap out of her sleepy trance. Massive black under eye circles met the beautiful green eyes of her mother, barely able to notice the comforting smile on her mothers face, "Hey, mamas... How about you go get changed and lay down? I'll bring her up to you."

Ah, yes... The nickname "mamas." This had been a recurring nickname since Ellie found out she was pregnant. Joel called Anna that while she was pregnant as well. It was a nice little sentiment, but it always triggered Ellie to flash back to when her due date was quickly approaching. Those last few hours before the birth were unbelievably surreal...

"Shhh, I know it hurts, mamas. You've got this. Squeeze my hand when it hurts, okay?"

"I'm trying, mom. She's gotta be close now. I can't do this."

"Yes you can. You're so tough! I got you, it's okay..."

To her mother's suggestion, Ellie nodded, scurrying her way down the hallway towards her bedroom to start preparing for her nightly bedtime routine. Only without the showering part, because she strongly preferred to shower in the morning before the baby woke up.

She started off by removing her pants followed by her dress shirt and vest, tossing her work uniform into a dirty clothes hamper across the room, "Thank god I have the day off tomorrow. Maybe I'll go see Dina and Jesse and meet their little man."