Know Where (A Walking Dead Game Contintuation)

A Hard Day's Night

The sun was still shallow in the sky, barely painting its pink hues onto the backdrop of night. AJ laid face down on his pillow, Disco Broccoli in one hand and Beet Nick dangling from the other.

On the other side of the room, Clementine lay cuddled into Violet's side, her arm laying across the blonde's middle. Violet had one hand clasping that arm, the other wrapped around Clem.

The peaceful silence the room sat in was only mildly disrupted by a knock on the dormitory door, it slightly creaking open as Louis entered the room. Clementine was the only one to wake, tentatively opening her eyes to see Louis's face illuminated by a small candle.

"I'm here to steal your girl," he whispered with a smile.

"Over my dead body," she quietly chuckled, yawning as she hit the end of the phrase.

"Now don't speak that into the world Clem," Louis put a hand on his hip. "I'll give you a few minutes to wake her up, her shift doesn't start for about ten minutes."

As quickly as he appeared, Louis left the room, softly shutting the door behind him. Clementine turned her head up to look at Violet. She let her eyes wander over the girl's face.

Violet had a pointed chin, and small lips. They sat comfortably closed while breath whistled softly in and out of her nose. Her eyelashes were light, almost transparent against her skin. Violet's skin was pale and blotchy, small patches of dirt and red speckled among her snow white complexion. Clementine loved it nonetheless though, studying the way the color followed the contour of her face.

Clem frowned at the thought of having to wake her. She looked so peaceful, and relaxed; this was rare for Violet. When she was awake she looked so hardened, so worried that the next moment would bring her betrayal and abandonment. Clementine hated Minerva for this. The way Violet would look so desperate when she begged Clementine to be safe, to make her way back to her. The way Violet looked so hurt at Minerva's betrayal at the ship, as if their past friendship- and relationship, as much as Clem disliked thinking of it- had been nothing. But most painful, the panic in Violet's eyes at Minerva bringing a herd to them, attempting to take Tenn down with her. Had it not been for AJ's sharp shooting after Violet threw Tenn across the bridge, she would have been dead and unable to make the jump too, succumbed to the fate her ex-girlfriend brought to them.

Clementine blinked away the tears forming in her eyes, shaking her head to the dark thoughts clouding her head. She crawled up slightly so she was directly above Violet's face. Clem places a soft peck on the blonde's lips. Violet's lips pulled into a smile in response, eyes staying glued shut.

"Good morning Vi," she hummed, placing another kiss on her lips and a hand on her chest. Violet's eyes sleepily fluttered open. "It's time to protect Happy Sunshine Land."

Violet immediately squeezed her eyes and stuck out her tongue at the name Clem came up with to replace Ericson.

"We need a better name," Violet said raspy, reaching a hand up to tuck Clementine's loose curls behind her ear.

"What? I think Happy Sunshine Land is quite apt," Clem smiled down at Violet.

"Nope," Violet replied, turning onto her side so the two were facing each other. "What about... Texas?"

Clem raised an eyebrow, "We can't name it Texas, there's already a Texas."

"Texas Two then," Violet replied simply.

"Texas Two it is then until we think of something better," Clem smiled.

"I think Texas Two is quite apt," Violet mocked Clementine's voice, barely holding onto the impersonation before breaking into a loud laugh. Clementine joined in, feeling her cheeks hurt as the two swung into a comfy embrace. A shuffle was heard from AJ's side of the room, causing the two to shush each other. They spent the next moments in a nice silence, holding each other and relishing in the novelty of the moment.