After everything that happened, everything they went through... She was left feeling empty and confused. Yet, also relieved because now she got to live a better life. A more normal life with you and Joel. She trusted that Joel had told the truth, but it still made her feel itchy that maybe he wasn't. She ignored that thought. You were Joel's wife. One he found years after the outbreak, you were a bit younger, but you were wise and an old soul at heart. After traveling with you and him, Ellie thought of you like her parents. The ones she never got to meet or be with. She never expressed that, though.

Joel and Ellie had just gotten back after Ellie's lessons on swimming. Her hair was slightly damp at the ends, but her clothes were dry. As Joel invited her inside your home, he came up to you, giving a gentle and sweet peck on your lips before excusing himself to change into more comfortable attire, leaving you and Ellie in the hallway now as he went upstairs.