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write about ellie down baaaaad for the reader, her being really awkward and shy and eventually they become a couple 🧎♀️🧎♀️🧎♀️👯♀️❣️
yes yes yes!! so excited to write this one. thank you for all the requests i am actually loving this!! i hope this was up to standards, ending took a spicy twist icl
you arrived at jackson the day after ellie’s 18th birthday. all the younger lot of the town still in bed when you turned up covered in splattered blood and your hands trembling
maria cleaned you up, introduced you to many of the jackson residents and set you up in a small cabin. you told her your story and she took pity in you, only a few months into being 18 and loosing everything and everyone you had ever known.
it was later on in that day when you where introduced to the younger generation of jackson
you where nervous going for lunch. settled comfortably in your small living space but nervous to be around so many unfamiliar faces
dressed in a pair of jeans that maria had brought to you and a slightly cropped red t-shirt, you stuck your trusty knife into your pocket and headed to the dining hall.
maria greeted you with a plate of food before instructing you to follow her. you where led to a group of three sat in the corner of the hall
that was the moment you met ellie williams. a girl that became a rather prominent figure in your life.
you got close to ellie, dina and jesse. figuring out you lived within a two minute walk from each other led to many sleepovers and movie nights.
it often ended with you and ellie alone, jesse and dina leaving earlier that night for specific reasons.
ellie, in these moments, would be very quite until you spoke to her. her face shaded red when you looked her way
“i like your tattoo” you’d tell her only to get a stuttered out reply “i um- wow okay thank you? uh yeah i drew it myself”
the first time you held her hand, she swore the world stopped spinning for a moment. you, ellie, jesse and dina had all decided to go on a walk, jesse and dona screaming 80’s music while the two of you strayed behind them.
you’d admire the landscape, spotting the mountains that you came from when you first arrived all them months ago.
the song jesse and dina where yelling put you in a good mood, turning your head towards ellie with a smiled and intertwining your fingers with hers, swinging your arms between you both
ellie would be stunned, so much so that she literally forgot to walk leading you to pull her along until she regained composure.
when dina notices, she sends ellie a wink who blushes a deep red and flips the girl off.
eventually inviting ellie for a sleepover on her own after a long patrol. the only upside being that you had found eugenes stash and brought a jar of pre rolled joints home.
the two of you had smoked one each, your cabin foggy with smoke and music was on in the background.
feeling all giggly, you stood up and reached for ellie’s hand, pulling her onto her feet. the two of you in pyjamas. ellie in boxers and a white t-shirt while you where in underwear and an extremely oversized band shirt.
you turned the music louder and pulled ellie closer, the two of you falling into a sway. your arms over her shoulders while hers where gently placed on your waist, her head falling into your shoulder so you couldn’t see her cheeks dusted pink.
“els” “yeah” “it might just be the weed but are you blushing right now?”
to say she would be embarrassed would be an understatement until…
“it’s cute, real cute. your cute”
ellie’s heart skipped a motherfucking beat. lifting her head up. your faces so close together that you could feel her breath on your face
“don’t say that” “why not? it’s not exactly a secret ellie. i don’t hide my attraction to you”
ellie would be extremely conflicted with your confession. on one hand she was thrilled, over the moon. she had liked you for so long and to know you felt the same way?? it’s just a miracle
bit in the other hand, she was scared. scared that you’d pop out with a ‘haha got you, you should see the look on your face right now’
“what’s going on in that pretty head of yours love”
and that’s when she’d say fuck it. her lips meeting yours in a passionate and long awaited kiss before pulling away just as quick as it happened
“shit. i’m sorry, fuck i didn’t. i read this wrong didn’t i”
no matter what you said, ellie would think it was bullshit so instead you decided to prove it. kissing her with as much passion she had showed earlier, leading you to your bed and marking what was rightfully yours.