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() -  Ellie Williams x G/N!Reader
- Cursing, Fear of thunderstorms, Fear of ending up alone, kind of angsty, fluff though I swear

? - Yeah/Nope

' - I forgot about this series ngl I’m so sorry this is kind of short promise they’ll get longer I’m just going through some mental things rn

Part One | Part Two |Part Three (Current)

You hadn’t been this nervous in a while, standing outside a house that Ellie had given you directions too just a few days prior. A windchime hung nearby, blowing in the wind playing music as it moved.

Butterflies grew in your stomach as you knocked on the door, looking around at the different colored trees. The street in front of the house where a few people were walking past.

You crossed your arms over your chest, the sky was a dark gray. It was going to storm soon, and you weren’t sure how long that was going to take. You just knew it was going to suck walking home. Leaves blew violently in the wind as the trees rattled loudly. You seemed to get lost in your head, as the door opened you jumped.

Heartbeat picking up as your head shot forward. Ellie standing on the other side, a little smile on her face when she seen you.

“Hey stranger.” “Hey yourself, was taking a walk, thought I’d stop by.” It sounded like an excuse, and about half of it was. You’d been meaning to come by since she asked you, but every time you thought about it your stomach would drop, nervous. You hated it.

“Yeah.. good, here come in.” You walked into the house, warm was the first thought you had. Shivering as you were met with the temperature rise. You looked around her house, peaking into the living area where her TV was playing a movie on it. Around was a few wood sculptures decorating the place. A few pictures on the fireplace that was burning brightly.

“You’re house is so homey, its cute in here.” She laughed, scratching the back of her neck. “Thanks, I should probably of cleaned though.” “Wish I could’ve called ahead.” You both stood there for a minute, right in front of the door, it was a bit awkward if you had to admit it out loud.

“So, what was it you wanted to give me?” “Oh, right, shit.” You stood by the door, watching her disappear upstairs for a moment. Walking around awkwardly before watching the TV going. Dinosaurs displayed on the screen, it was playing a bit loud, but it was something you’d never seen before.

“Here.” She pulled you from your thoughts, handing you a shoebox. Rather heavy once you took it. “It has some DVD’s inside, a DVD player that was mine, don’t really need it anymore. A few other things.” “Thank you, really.” She shrugged, looking at the TV before looking at you. “It’s nothing, I’m watching Jurassic Park.” “Oh.. my dad talked about that once.”

You turned to see the screen once again, watching the creatures with curiosity. “How’s it all going?” You turned back to her, shrugged as she did, eyes on her while she walked towards her couch. “Alright, nights haven’t got much better. I think its the emptiness… that… that uh, gets to me.” You looked down at your shoes, feeling a bit stupid at the admission. Heat rising to your cheeks.

“I get it. Oh hey, come here.” You looked back up at her, walking over to her as she sat on the couch, grabbing the box from your hands. “You can sit down.” Ellie smiled at you, watching you avoid her eyes as you sat down on the couch. “So, the way you use it is press this, it’ll push out whatever disc is inside, but its empty right now. Here’s how you turn it on and all of these cords go straight into your TV. Don’t worry its all color coded.”

You listened to her, watching her hands move around the DVD player while humming. What you didn’t realize was more then half the time, her eyes were on you, watching you nod. Listening intently to what she was telling you.

“Yeah… I was just gonna wing it, thank you.” You chuckled, eyes flickering up to meet hers that were already on you. “Y'know, my favorite movie, is this one.” Ellie picked up a movie case, handing it to you. “What’s it about?” “Superheroes, aliens destroying the city, I have one already, don’t need an extra.” She explained a bit awkwardly, watching you examine the case. “Came out the year before the outbreak.”

“It does look cool, I’ll watch this one first. That’s if I can figure out how to set it up, despite your amazing teaching, I’m not the brightest.” You laughed setting the case back in the box. “I’ll show you how mine is set up. If you’re… not busy.” You shook your head. “Nope, you’re, like, the only person I talk to.” “I could say the same about you.” You both stared at each other for a moment before you looked away.

A loud crack of thunder soon broke you both from the moment. Your body jolting, turning towards the window as it began to nearly poor down rain. Your heart then skipped a few beats despite already racing, Ellie’s hand moving to your upper arm.

“Hey, you alright?” “It’s um, I don’t…” You trailed off, refusing to say it out loud. It felt foolish, childish, a grown adult afraid of thunder. Afraid of the loud noises that it brought and the flashes of lightening that made frightening shadows on the walls.

“Shit, it looks rough out there.” Ellie looked out the window at the dark gray sky, it looked like it was night out there. Despite it being only the evening. “I don’t like storms.” You then muttered softly, looking at her with fear filled eyes. “I should go, before it-” A loud boom then ripped through the air again making you nearly jump out of your skin.

“Stay.” It was one word but it brought a boat load of comfort with it. Relaxing at the thought of not being alone, meeting Ellie’s eyes. “Are you sure?” You voice was shaky, and so were your hands. “I get it, the dark… is what gets me.” She seen you physically begin to untense. Listening to her instead of the storm. “Brings back memories, shitty ones.” You nodded, taking a deep breath.

“We can watch the superhero movie, I can get us food, or something…” She sounded unsure, but in reality it was nervousness wavering her voice. It had been a long time since Ellie had anyone over, let alone someone like you. It felt nice, to sit and talk to someone. “Thank you, but really I don’t want to bother.” “You’re not. Trust me, it sucks being alone.”

You nodded, Ellie finally standing up. “I’ll be right back, alright?” You nodded again, nervously watching her walk towards the kitchen. “You can take your shoes off, looks like it’ll be raining for a while.” Standing up from the couch you took your shoes off near the door before also taking off your jacket, hanging it up.

You could hear her rustling around in the kitchen as you walked back to the living room. Trying to ignore the heavy rain outside. The lightening that danced along the walls as you sat down on the couch, pulling your knees up.

“Here.” Ellie handed you something; you took it realizing that it was a cup of your favorite drink that you’d mentioned on one of your walks from the graveyard. “Thank you, so much, really-” “You don’t have to thank me, it’s alright.” You blushed at this, watching her sit down beside you, taking a drink of whatever she had gotten herself.

Ellie knew this was a bit for herself as well. She hadn’t like storms, especially at night, when it was dark. Ellie didn’t like the dark, but as it began to creep up on her, she realized it wasn’t so hard to deal with when you were a beaming light sitting on her couch. Smiling at her, listening to her.

“Ellie?” “Huh?” She liked the way your eyes crinkled when you laughed, shaking your head. “I said, are we gonna watch the superhero movie?” “Oh! I forgot about that!” She nearly flew off the couch, grinning at your giggles, thunder ruining the moment when you suddenly went silent.

She cringed, quietly cursing the outside along with the weather gods. “I feel stupid, for being afraid of a storm.” Ellie took the Jurassic Park DVD from the player, looking at you over her shoulder. But your eyes were somewhere else in the room, staring at a photo on her fireplace. A drawn picture of a man. “It’s loud noises, but I feel so… stupid.”

As she put the DVD in, Ellie slowly stood from the floor.

“I’m afraid of a lot of things.” The couch sunk beside you, nearly a cushion length away, staring straight forward, was Ellie. “Like what?” You whispered. “Ending up alone. After… after all of what happened. I thought I was gonna.. be alone.”

Silence then filled the room, the soft pattering of the rain outside as the storm calmed just slightly.

“What changed?” You asked softly, watching her turn to look at you. A beat of silence passing before she shrugged, smiling slightly. “Ready?” You looked at the TV screen, the girl holding the remote ready to start the movie. “Yeah, yeah I am.” “Good, cause you’re gonna love this.” And there was that laugh again, the laugh she was really growing to love.

A/n: Pew pew pew pew