Abby did it. She made Joel feel what she had felt all these years after Joel killed her father. But did she feel any better? Was losing her and her friends lives worth putting him through hell?

Abby had forced Joel to watch as she hurt you. As she tortured you for hours before Jesse, Dina and Ellie arrived. She had used you to make him suffer. To make him feel useless to stop her from making you scream for her to stop.

Joel sat at the edge of your bed, his hand brushing your hair away from your face. You were like a child to him. Despite his rocky relationship with Ellie, he love you both like his own little kids.

And despite Abby's abuse leaving you catatonic, Joel wouldn't leave your side. He wouldn't let anyone hurt you again.

"Everything's gonna be okay..." Joel whispered as he held your hand, trying to convince both you and himself of it.