Abby The Last Of Us - Blog Posts
What's wrong between us?
Abby Anderson x fem!reader
Summary: Your friendship with Abby changes after she kills Joel in front of you.
Word Count: 748
Warning: ANGST, graphic descriptions of violence, mentions of death.
You feel Abby's heavy presence behind you as you finish cleaning Yara's arm. Looking out of the corner of your eye, you see her approaching and standing almost next to you.
"How long will she be out?" she asks, gesturing to the girl lying on the makeshift gurney.
"An hour, maybe." you reply, grabbing the supplies you used to store them inside your backpack again.
You knew she would come at some point, Owen was with you, so it was obvious she would come. For him, of course. Abby never got over or forgot her ex-boyfriend and that was one of the reasons you left the WLF with Owen and Mel, they wanted to join the fireflies.
You had become good friends with Owen and had shared the same opinion with him about the conflicts caused by leaders. Another reason for you to leave was Abby's troubled relationship with Owen. You knew the stories about their relationship, you knew that Abby still had feelings for him and she always let that show in her actions. It hurt you, deeply. You had been in love with her for so long, only God knows how long.
It seemed like everything about her pulled you. The smile, the polite manner, the loyalty, but especially the receptive manner. She was so nice to you when you joined, you found yourself enchanted. You joined the WLF 2 years ago, and you were happy that Abby considered you her friend, as it gave you permission to be close to her. At a certain point, you also thought that she reciprocated your feelings, because of the affectionate way she treated you, the way she preferred to be with you instead of others.
But you were wrong, it seems. Whenever you raised those hopes, Abby crushed them when she started talking about Owen and when she went to talk to him hidden somewhere on the base. You got tired of it and slowly started to move away from her, making excuses for her whenever she wanted to be close to you. The trigger was when she tortured Joel in front of her. That sight made your stomach churn and you couldn't sleep well afterwards.
That was the first time you saw Abby with different eyes.
So when Owen got kicked out and rushed into your dorm asking if you wanted to join him and Mel, you said yes. So here you were, at the aquarium, after Mel had amputated the arm of the girl Abby brought with her.
"You should go talk to her brother, reassure him." you said, still facing away from her, finishing organizing the supplies in your backpack.
"I will."
You shouldered your backpack and turned to her, swallowing hard as you looked into her eyes. Nodding quickly, you turn to leave.
"Are you really serious?” the slightly irritated voice. “Are you going to act as if nothing happened?”
"What are you talking about?" you turned to her, seeing that she had crossed her arms, her strong biceps twitching.
"You left without saying anything, you ran away." she said with her brow furrowed in annoyance.
"This is not the right time." you replied, tightening the straps of your backpack to take out your growing irritation.
"Was there ever a right time?"
"I don't owe you an explanation, Abby."
She took quick steps towards you, making you involuntarily step back.
"What is this, huh? What's going on with you?" she asked hurriedly, sounding irritated. "What's wrong between us?"
"Nothing."
"Stop this nonsense!" she raised her voice and you saw Yara move on the stretcher.
"Lower your voice, there's an injured person here." you answered.
"Tell me the truth."
"I'll repeat myself: I don't owe you explanations, Abby." you replied, starting to get irritated.
"I thought you were my friend." she replied, placing her hands on her hips.
"I thought you were a good person, but then I saw you torture someone to death." you replied, your voice shaking slightly. "You disfigured his face with a golf club."
She lifted her face slightly, eyes widening at your revelation. Her breathing felt heavy now.
"I told you what that man–"
"I can't sleep, I keep remembering you hitting him in the head again and again." you closed your eyes painfully.
She remained silent this time, her eyes lowered to the floor, she seemed embarrassed.
"You should go talk to Yara's brother soon." you said and left quickly.
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