This is really short. Also, this is my first ever post on this site. Based on THE LAST OF US and Left Behind. Also the characters Winston and Ellie. I do not own any of these characters.
The Way It Was
"HAHAHA, no way, Winston!"
"I swear!"
"Oh man. You did some crazy things when you were younger."
"Yeah, and that wasn't even the best story I have! One time when my friends and I were skipping school we accidentally caused a stampede."
"That doesn't seem too bad."
"Yeah, well, you haven't been in a mall during the holidays before the infection."
"You do have a point there. But…why would a mall stampede be such a big deal?"
"Oh, Ellie. You see, these malls used to be so crowded with people during the holidays. Sometimes it was impossible to walk around. Some people would even fight over some stupid toy that everyone wanted."
"What? Fighting over toys? No way, Winston. You're shitting me."
"No, it was true! And don't get me started on Black Friday."
"What's that?"
"Hm…basically it was an excuse to blow off relatives on late Thanksgiving night to go and buy TVs, toys, games, and other stuff on sale at crazy prices. People actually died during this time."
"What the hell? Dying while shopping for stuff? You really are fucking with me now, aren't you?
"No, people got trampled. And it's true. All of it."
"Well, if it is, then you really did live in a weird time."
"Looking back on the way it was, it really was weird, Ellie. It really was…"
"So what did you guys do?"
"Oh haha, well, we all dressed up and pretended to be zomb- Actually…never mind. It's not that funny anymore."
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Left Behind spoilers (I guess). This is just something I was thinking about when I saw that Ellie would go to Winston for comfort after Riley left.
End Spoilers lol. I remember reading something about him liking to reminisce about the old days with so this just popped up in my head one day after playing Left Behind. I imagine him talking about how the world used to be before the infection.
