Two misfits, an arcade, and video games. [Modern AU]

A series of drabbles set between American Dreams and Left Behind, focusing on how the girls fell in love. All fluff and happiness, because who doesn't love fluff and happiness?

An AU exploring what might have happened had Ellie and Riley never been bitten, and had decided to follow Ellie's suggestion of setting off on their own to face the world.

Ellie wants to think that it's over. She wants to believe that Jackson's the end of the line, that the past is far behind her, that she believes him, that they're safe. But safety, after all, is a mere fictional shield. Piece by piece, the shield will crumble away. In the end, she will be left vulnerable.

Ellie is to be delivered to the Fireflies. Riley does everything she can to find her again. [Part 2 NOW OUT.]

An alternative story line in which Ellie and Riley both survive, but what will fate have in store for them after years of turmoil. (First two chapters are a retelling of the DLC from Riley's perspective) Rated T for profanity.