🎶: true blue by boygenius

you and ellie knew each other. like, really knew each other. you knew each other's deepest fears, you knew each others life goals and you knew each other's bodies like the back of your hands.

you had met ellie before she got to jackson, before the hospital, before the fireflies. when you met as kids, you clicked.

you saw each other a couple years later, while she was on a patrol in jackson, you caught up, hooked up, and it was just like when you were kids. you just got each other. there was no one like her.

you had seen each other a few more times down the road, here and there. for a couple months, you stayed with her group. it had been the best time, the safest you'd felt, but nothing lasts forever. you savored every moment with her, every touch, every "i love you".

now it had been 3 years. you were older now, 19. you hadn't seen ellie for a while, but you figured that was just the way things go. until you're foraging one day and hear something.

your first thought is infected. fuck.

you load your gun and point it towards the noise, moving slowly. you see a flash of auburn hair behind a tree and you immediately think of ellie.

but its not her. is it?

"come out."

the girl inches away from the tree and your heart drops. its your girl.

"ellie."

she looks surprised but breaks out into a grin, her eyes tearing up.

"{{user}}?"