Ellie Williams x fem!reader

Chapter 22

It was dark outside, and the
Town Hall had been made into a makeshift movie theatre

Chairs were positioned in neat rows all facing a fabric screen suspended up on the wall,

A projector casts the movie onto the fabric, grabbing the attention of the kids who all sat in silence mesmerized by the screen

Maria had sat You and Ellie down in the middle of a row of kids, hoping that you both would make some friends.

Instead, you just sat in silence feeling extremely out of place in a crowd of people you didn't know,

Ellie noticed Maria and Tommy talking with some other adults. Then watched as Tommy walked towards the exit

"(Y/N)..." Ellie whispered

"Yeah" you replied, leaning to your right

"Look.." she pointed at Tommy "he's going to find Joel"

"You wanna follow him?"
You asked,
looking around for Maria

"Yeah..let's get outta here"

Y/N POV:

I felt the cold wind hit my face as Ellie and I left the town hall into the night, I could feel a slight tension in the air as we walked through the snow trailing Joel's brother from afar

So I build up the courage to say something
"El?" I whispered

"Uh yeah?"

"You think we could talk about-"

"Look he's going in there" Ellie cut me off,
I followed her gaze to see Tommy walk into a building
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Tommy entered and found Joel sitting on a stool with his head hung low,

"The guys said I might find you here." Tommy said,
as he placed a new pair of boots on the bench in front of his brother.
"Figured I'd save you the trouble."

Joel looked over at the boots, before refocusing his attention back on the ground

"I shouldn't have said what I said. I don't even believe it. I know you're happy for me. It just... It's complicated for you. And I'm sorry. So, you gonna let me off the hook, or what?" Tommy apologized

"This ride to the University, is it a suicide mission?"
Joel said changing the subject

"No. It's dangerous, but it's nothin' you can't handle. Just prepare and do what you do."

"You've had people go that way and come back?"
Joel asked

"All of 'em. What is this?" Tommy asked, confused at what his brother was getting at

"She's immune." Joel said

"What?"

"Ellie. She got infected, but she didn't get sick."
He explained,
"Tommy, I saw her get bit myself. That was months ago. Months. She's immune."
He emphasized.

Tommy sat down opposite Joel, Contemplating whether he believed what his brother was saying, before finally breaking the silence

"From the beginning."

"It was Marlene. She hired us to smuggle her to some Fireflies. It went bad. Tess got bit. She made me swear to take the kid. It was her dyin' wish. What the hell was I supposed to do? We made it as far as K.C., and then... You know, she saved my life there... from another kid.
Five years ago, I would've destroyed him. But she had to shoot him to save me. Fourteen years old. Because I was too slow and too fuckin' deaf to hear him comin'. That's where we met (Y/N).. in K.C. And I saw... I saw a man kill his own brother to save her, while I just watched with (Y/N)..that poor kid. And today, I thought that dog was gonna tear Ellie apart because it smelled somethin' on her. And all I did was stand there. I couldn't... move. I couldn't think of anything to say. I just... I was so afraid."
Joel's voice broke as tears threatened to spill from his eyes