Ellie Williams (bittenandimmune) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2024-03-04 23:32:00 |
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Entry tags: | !closed, !log, ellie williams (bittenandimmune), ~2024 march |
Who: Ellie Williams and Joel Miller.
What: Father daughter time.
Where: Their house.
When: Last Saturday.
Warnings: TBD.
It was early Saturday morning. Ellie'd had a shit night. Unable to sleep well, if at all. When she was able to doze off, her dreams turned into bad ones. Memories from her world. Memories of all the bad shit that had happened. None of the good stuff, no. Of course not. Not the kiss she shared with Riley, only her friend dying. Not laughing her ass off at Joel's stupid jokes. Him being shot instead.
The worry that had followed.
She knew Joel tended to wake up early more often than not, but she doubted he was usually up this early. And Joel was who she needed right now. Not Matt or Miles or Ciri. Joel was the only one who understood. But she'd waited for him to get his lazy ass out of bed long enough. She knew Jaskier hadn't stayed the night, she'd made sure to know that information beforehand. So she knocked lightly on his bedroom door, before the sun was even up.
Without waiting for him to answer the door, she slipped into his room. Boldly assuming he hadn't just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed or something. Once again, it was before dawn. Luckily for her, he was not freshly out of the shower and in the process of getting dressed. So she stretched out on his bed beside him, her eyes closing.
She felt safe, just being in his presence.
Then, testing to see if he'd woken up... "Why does Waldo wear stripes?" she asked, softly.