*We run towards her and give her what was supposed to be one final spectacular hug. We play with her ponytail thingy and then we pull away from the hug and stroke her face*
Us: not to pile on, after losing your leg and everything, but… You did promise Lee you'd keep this short, right?
Clem: *she lets out a little chuckle and grin. She holds our hands for a while…before letting go. Her face drops*
Us: *we lick our sleeve and wipe her face. She's been filthy throughout this whole ordeal. Haha. She raises an eyebrow and smiles slyly*
We start walking towards the door that lead out of her room, out of the dorms, out onto campus and finally out the gates of Ericsons boarding school for troubled youth. How will we be able to do all of that without bursting into tears? Clem can hear our heavy breathing, sense our heavy hearts sinking and she uses her sleeve to wipe away a few tears whilst our backs are turned. After all, she can't show any weakness...
We turn to face Clem. We smile at her. A gorgeous young woman. Completely independent. Someone who built herself up from a terrified little girl 7 years ago, to a fully capable survivor. Looking around the room, we see all of the little trinkets Clem collected…
*Tenn and AJ's artwork… the flowers, both dead and alive. James' mask. The mushroom, AJ's toys, The Ericson banner, Omar's rabbit foot, the crystal… All of the skulls… So many skulls! "Why did Clem collect so many skulls?"*
We take a mental photograph. To never forget any of it. Looking back on everything we did together, we start crying.
Clem comes to hug us and we just start bawling in her arms. We try to stop and pull away, from the hug. It's time to go...
Us: We love you Clem…
Clem: "I love you back…"
We open the door. It creaks because it's so old… Nobody ever oiled the hinges. Fuck me, we think to ourselves… We're even going to miss that, aren't we?
We stare at her. We place our hand on her cheek and she closes her eyes. We open our mouths to speak to her for the last time.
Us: We're real glad to have met you, Clementine.
We see her smile and we smile back at that amazing girl...before silently closing the door forever...
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'Goodbye Clementine...' - Clementine + TWDG Fanbase short story (COMPLETED)
FanficThis story was originally written only to be posted on the reddit community of r/TheWalkingDeadGame, but i enjoyed writing it and I had people telling me that it made them sad and depressed after the end of TFS, but it was a good read. So, I've deci...
