Nowhere and Nothing
"Are you gonna stay the night?"
She asked him as her arm frantically shot out to grab his just before he could walk away.
He turned and looked back down at her with those hard, grey eyes that always seemed to betray the expression he had on his face. She bit her bottom lip as she stared right back at him with a fierce look. It was the only thing she could do to combat the itching inside of her that wanted to call out his bullshit.
But without him, she would have nowhere to go, and nothing to go back to.
She watched him warily as he sat back down next to her on the bed, and released her grip when he went to move his arm. He first patted her head softly but slowly moved his palm to cup her cheek. Ellie's own hand covered his while her eyes narrowed looking up at the male sitting beside her. She inhaled slowly, taking in his scent and allowed his thumb to brush against the faded scar upon her right eyebrow.
It felt like hours passed before he spoke. "You know it's my turn to patrol tonight."
Yes, she knew. She would have been alongside him too if it weren't for the nasty fall she took earlier that day. Now, she sat in one of the beds belonging to a clinic situated in Jackson County, which she wasn't too happy about. Ever since that incident with the Fireflies, Ellie grew a dislike towards hospitals or anything remotely similar.
"I know," she said in a tone that admitted her selfishness.
"I can stay until you fall asleep."
She could still feel the touch of his calloused hands upon her face as they broke away. Laying upon the pillows, Ellie soon felt her eyelids become heavier with each passing second. The medicine that was given to her moments ago was probably catching up with her. But she fought to stay awake and stare at the back of the man that stayed by her side. Her eyes were fully shut when he started to hum a tune she did not know, and hoped that when she woke up the next morning he would be there and she could ask him what song he was humming.
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