Walking Dead Game Collection

"Reversed"

Title: Reversed
Characters: Clementine and Lee
Summary: Clementine gets bitten by a walker instead of Lee, and their last few moments are slightly different.
Author’s Note: I’m sobbing right now omg ;-;
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Lee’s hand pressed against the young girls back, ushering her forwards through the mob of walkers. “Do you see them, Clem?” He asked nervously.
Clementine’s feet stumbled as she struggled to walk, but shook her head. “No, not yet.” Ever since she had been bit outside the mansion, Clementine made it her last wish to see her parents before she died. 'I know I'm going. I just want to see them once more. That's all I want.' She had said just a few hours before. And of course, Lee couldn’t say no. 'Of course, sweet pea. Whatever you want.
Clementine’s wobbling legs came to a halt, her yellowing eyes becoming glazed over with utter sorrow. “Found them.” She whispered.
Lee glanced up from the gut-splattered pavement to see the two familiar faces stumbling around the streets, the scent death and decay oozing from their skin. “No…” He whispered in shock. He knew it was coming, the second he found the young girl he knew what had happened to them, but a small part of him wished that it wasn’t true just so that this little girl that he had grown to love could see her parents alive again.
With a large inhale and a short, quick exhale, Clementine’s eyes fluttered shut and she heaved forwards. Before she could make contact with the ground however, Lee jolted forwards and rescued the fainting child. “Clem!” He gasped quietly, desperately trying to avoid any unneeded attention.
After scanning the surroundings quickly, Lee squeezed the child closer in his arms and started towards the jewelry store that was only a few feet away. To him it looked like a good place to hide out; but in actuality, it would be the final resting place of his beloved Clementine.
“Clem, come on.” He whispered softly, resting against the wall beside a radiator and shaking her shoulders.
After a few brief moments, her eyes pulled themselves open only to flop shut again. This repeated a few times before she finally mustered up the strength to smile at her guardian. “Lee…” Her weak voice whispered. There was no need, no reason, she just wanted to be able to say his name again. She loved his name.
Lee forced a small smile. “How you doing, sweet pea?”
“Okay, I guess.” She replied, sightly louder this time. There was a short silence as she struggled to swallow before her eyes locked onto Lee’s once again. “Lee…my parents are—”
“It’s okay, Clem. I know.”
“I thought that they would be okay…we came all this way, and there they were…dead.”
“Clem, don’t say that.” Lee’s hand placed itself on one of her small shoulders, rubbing it soothingly as he spoke.
A haggard cough sputtered from her lips, her body straining to stay alive for nothing but a few more moments. “Lee, can you do something for me?”
“Anything you want, Clem”.
“Hug me.”
The request earlier would have made him smile as he pulled her in for one of the hugs he had given her so many times in hopes of comforting the frail girl. But now, the request broke him inside, knowing that this was the last time he would ever get to hold her in his arms. He needed to make it count.
Carefully, he scooped the limp girl up and rested her in his lap as he tucked her head under his chin and used one hand to hold her head in place while his other arm was wrapped around her body, keeping her close. It was peaceful, they could just sit in the warm embrace one final time. It was like their goodbye.
“I don’t wanna die…” She whispered, tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
“Me neither.” He whispered, rubbing his hands over her classic hat and her cute hair puffs, the ones that he would miss so much. As soon as he felt tiny sobs shake her body, he hugged her tighter. “Shhh…Clem, it’s okay.”
“Lee, I don’t wanna come back.” She sniffled, the statement catching her guardian by surprise. “I don’t want to become one of them.”
The sudden realization of what she was saying hit Lee like a ton of bricks.
He needed to shoot her.
Clementine wanted him to shoot her.
He gulped, trying to force down the growing lump in this throat. “If you want me to do it…I will.” For the first time in forever, Lee’s voice wavered. Throughout the entirety of the apocalypse, he hadn’t shed a single tear. He had to remain strong for the other members of the group, after all. But now, seeing this little girl taking her last few breaths in his arms, was enough to break him down. Clementine was his weakness, and she always would be.
“I want you to do it.” She whispered softly. Lee nodded, as if it was part of his duty. He gently pushed her hat back, just enough to reveal her hot forehead, and he placed a single kiss against her heated skin. It was long, it was sweet, as if he didn’t want to remove his lips from her forehead at all. After the moments had passed, he detached, and her hat went back to its old position.
He didn’t want to let her go. He knew that if he set this girl down, it would be the last time he ever touched her for the rest of his life. But he knew, deep down, that it had to happen. He rested the young girl against the wall and kneeled in front of her, taking her small hands in his.
“I’m so proud of you. I love you, sweet pea.”
Going as painfully slow as possible, Lee removed his gun from his pants and adjusted in his fingers against the trigger. He had to do this. He said his goodbyes, and now it was time to do what was best for Clementine.
“I love you…Dad….”
A flash of light. A bang. And then for the first time ever,
Lee Everett broke down.
His sweet pea was gone.
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Original Link: http://thatglitterygeek.tumblr.com/post/90161176742/walking-dead-game-fanfiction-reversed