"Comforting Sounds" Chapter 8: "Just When I Needed You Most" (8/17)

Title: "Comforting Sounds" Chapter 8: "Just When I Needed You Most" (8/17)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Ellie/OC
Warnings: PLEASE SEE NOTES ABOUT WARNINGS IN FIRST CHAPTER
Word Count for this chapter: 7198
Rating (for fic as a whole): R
Author's Note: Chapter title from the song by Randy VanWarmer, which has got to be one of the saddest songs ever recorded (insert a "You left me" in front of the title).

( ~Smoke and Ashes~ )

~Continue to Chapter 9~