Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over 'The Last of Us' nor am I profiting from this.
Pairing(s): gen.
Warning(s): none.
Word Count: 100.
Joel is having another red dream.
Someone is being grabbed by the monster or zombie right before he can save them. Someone is going to be eaten. Ellie listens to his teeth grind until she worries his jaw might break.
A blue dream is worse because Sarah is alive again. Her wound is minor. Her wound is completely nonexistent. No zombies show up in his best blue dreams.
Blue dreams can only repair the world for so long. Crusty eyes and a scratchy throat shatter the peace, the reality that blue rebuilds.
Red is honest with him. Red is safe.