Warning: Done in complete boredom at 1:13 p.m. Oh, and Nick X Ellis. But that's what you came here for. :D

The Family That Came to Be

Chapter 1: I Don't Want to Be Without You

"Goddamn it Ellis! Watch where you freakin' shoot!" Nick was really pissed off this week at the mechanic. First, he was acting all weird and distant, then he was being attacked by Tanks, Hunters, Witches, Chargers, and Jockeys even more than he usually did. Now the asshat is shooting him again and again! Nick had it. The next safe house they were at he was going to confront the hick.

"Ellis, what the hell is going on?" Nick asked dangerously "You're acting strange."

"Wha are ya talkin' 'bout? I'm fine." But the younger's eyes were slightly saddened. Rochelle and Coach had just walked in the safe house before Nick could respond.

"Man, that damn rescue team better get the hell over here!" Coach said as he shot a zombie breaking into the safe house.

"Yeah, I'm tired of this damn zombie apocalypse. Why couldn't I have been in New York on the report?" Rochelle said as she glanced at the sad face of Ellis. "Not that I didn't like meeting all of you!" She added quickly.

"Nah Ro," Ellis said. "Ah understan' if ya didn't like comin' here, ah even wish ah was somewhere else 'stead ah here." The boy looked down at the floor "Ah actually wish I was in New Jersey...".

Nicks eyes widened slightly. His hometown was New Jersey. 'How did he...' Nick thought as he glanced at the Southerner.

The next day was no better than other days, no one came to rescue them, and Ellis still shot Nick, twice actually. So since he usually shot him five times a day, Nick thought he was in a good mood. Until he saw the witch...

Ellis always thought the witch wanted someone to love her, he would always fall for the same trap. He would walk up to her, try to talk to her, if he didn't startle her then, he would try to touch her shoulder in a calming way, the kind of was a best friend would help another best friend.

But Ellis was too injured, three Jockeys, two Boomers, and five Karma Chargers had came at him today. They were low on health packs, too.

As the witch was about to pounce Ellis, and then kill him, Nick shoved the 23 year old out of the path of the witch. The pain of the witch's claws that dug deep inside his arms and chest as she tried to rip him limb to limb made him cry out in severe pain. A gun shot by Coach and Rochelle made him know it was ok to heal himself now, but they didn't have a health pack.

"Nick!" The familiar voice of a certain Southerner made him look up at Ellis, who had found a health pack and was racing to the spot were Nick laid. Rochelle and Coach left so Ellis could heal Nick.

"Nick, I…. I'm really sorry for what I did… ya didn't have to save me like ya did." Ellis apologized as he finished healing Nick's wounds. Nick could see the guilty look in Ellis's deep blue eyes.

"Ellis…" Nick said, making Ellis quickly look at Nick. Nick leaned upward and gently kissed Ellis's soft, plush lips. Their lips only touched about a friction. But yet, they both felt a spark that brief moment. Ellis's eyes were closed and his breathing hitched up a bit. Nick caressed the Southerners face, rubbing around his beautiful eyes.

"Nick… I really don't want this to end." Nick looked the boy in the eye; the two stared into each other's eyes, struggling what to say next.

"Ellis, please just tell me why you were so distant? Was it because you were afraid to talk to me?" Ellis shook his head. "Then why?". Nick saw the tears pushing through Ellis's eyes, he was worried a little. Why did this kid make him feel so, odd?

"If we… leave, if we… make it…" Ellis looked like he was chocking back a sob, what was wrong?

"Ellis? What if we do make it?" Nick asked "Do you think I would go back and leave you?" The tears fell from the light brown haired man's eyes. He nodded and embraced Nick tightly around his waist. Nick felt weird again in the pit of his stomach. He held Ellis's chin so that the younger's face met his. Nick gently wiped the tears from the Southerner's fragile eyes.

"Nick…, would you ever leave me to go back to your hometown?" Ellis sadly whispered. Nick wanted to tell him he would never leave him. But he didn't want to say in the South were an infection was still spreading. Though he was sure no one was left from Ellis's family. But Nick was sure that he wanted the Southerner with him.

"Ellis," Nick sighed "What if you came with me to New Jersey?" Nick asked. The deep blue eyed man was defiantly shocked by the offer. "Would you really let me go with you, Nick?" The thirty five year old man nodded in response. Ellis grabbed Nick's shoulders forward so their lips crashed into each other's lips.

Once Rochelle and Coach returned to announce the next safe house, Nick and Ellis race to it as fast as possible, not even able to give Rochelle and Coach enough time to catch up. All Nick and Ellis thought was to get to the next safe house, get to the rescue helicopter and go and live together. Ellis was holding Nick's hand while they shot zombies and other creatures of the undead.

Rochelle and Coach smiled at the two, both knowing that the two men seemed… happier Ellis more than anyone. Nick never thought Ellis would feel like he did for the other. Ellis thought that if he didn't have anything worth fighting for, he did now.

First L4D2 story ever! I feel tingly :D though I wish I could do a little better in some areas… But I got to move on and learn. I feel like I should make this a chapter story, maybe…I really like this theme, and no one's reading my Harry Potter story so…I'll work on this story and then continue HP. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO RATT9!... Or else I would have worse grammar and spelling.

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