Joel x female reader

Chapter 13

The warm beautiful weather slowly turned into cold bitterness, wouldn't be surprised if it started to snow. Your brain still was fuzzed when Henry pulled the trigger to his own head, the image was so familiar that it wouldn't leave your mind. Holding your arms closer to your freezing body, you looked at up a sign, reading it aloud.

"Jackson Country, Snake River Trail."

Stifling a cough, you wiped your running cold nose, wishing mentally that you'd find somewhere warm and fast. The rain wasn't helping; you could feel yourself slowly becoming sick.

"Jackson County, which means we're close to Jackson city right?"

"Shouldn't be more than a few miles."

"Ready to see your dear, old brother?"

"I'm just ready to get there."

"You nervous?"

"I don't know what I am feeling."

Joel said with a sigh, you chuckled and coughed heavily, oh yeah, you were sick. Both Ellie and Joel looked at you concerned, Joel walked over to you and placed a hand on your forehead, quickly removing it.

"You're burning up..."

Your body grew tired and sore, signs of a cold. Thing is, if you get sick, you get hit hard! Last time you were sick, you were in the hospital with tubes and heart monitors stuck to your body, which is how bad you got.

"We have to find shelter, and fast. We don't need you getting even more sick, sweetie."

Joel said softly while rubbing your toasty cheek, you sighed and nuzzled into his cool hand, dry warm shelter sounded really good right about now. Did I forget to mention that you all had new clothes on? Joel had a burgundy orange/ red flannel on, Ellie had a pink and white jacket that you found for her while killing off some greedy ass holes, and you... well, here is your outfit.

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It wasn't very warm, but it did shield you from some of the bitter weather. Ellie and Joel talked about how he and Tommy got into a big disagreement while you lagged behind some, everything from your head down to your feet hurt and screamed like hell. They were too submersed into the conversation to notice that you have fallen over, your body gave up on walking, and trying to find a way to think positive just went away. Ellie turned around to see that you weren't following her anymore, so she stopped and grew very worried.

"Joel, (y/n)'s not behind me... shit!"

She quickly ran back to see you laying on the soaking ground, dropping her backpack she got down on her knees and held your head gently in her hands. Joel sprinted over as his eyes widened, your face was pale.

"Joel, what do we do?"

Joel set down his backpack and got down beside you, he didn't even have to place his hand on your face to feel the warmth coming off of your face.

"We have to speed up our pace, or we're going to lose her."

Ellie looked down at you and nodded, your body was hot and given up and she could tell, your eyes held nothing but pain. Ellie helped you up onto Joel's back as she took his bag, they needed to hurry and fast, or you would become... one of them. Coming up to the water powered machine, Joel gently placed you down and squatted down to your eye level.

"I'll be right back babe, I'm just gonna open up a passage for us to walk across okay?"

You nodded weakly as he got up and began turning a wheel as Ellie crouched down beside you, she gently placed a hand on your shoulder.