#cowboyellies

[cowboyellies]

—SUPERCUT .e.w. smau

character introduction & prologue

series masterlist.

pairing: Rockstar!Ellie x IndieSinger!Reader

synopsis: ellie and you dated in high school where the two of you bonded together over your shared love of music. when ellie dumps you before your senior year to focus on her dreams of becoming a rockstar you write a devastating breakup song in your heartbroken daze. three years later you release the song and it blows up on social media. when it comes out that the song is about ellie, who reached her dreams of fame as the lead singer of her band the fireflies, the controversy spread like wildfire forcing you two to reconnect

warnings/themes: ellie is kind of a dick, ellie is cocky and annoying, second chance romance, probably some alcohol and drug references (nothing too crazy), enemies to lovers?kinda?

authors note: hello!! this is my first time making a smau and I don’t really know what i’m doing but I had a lot of fun doing it. the song I referenced in this chapter "paper-clip" isn't real lmao but I'll probably end up referencing other music in future chapters. basically I just want you to imagine the effect drivers license had on the internet when everyone was losing their minds and freaking out over artists love lives

(p.s if you are waiting for a new chapter of august it's coming I promise I just have crazy writers block sorryyy!!!)

[thatgiraffefromtlou]

fav Ellie fics GO!

okok I have a LOT and there are some master links in here but here you go!

@totheblood

@seattlesellie

Summer nights - @ellies-dog

guilty conscience - @callmelola111

no chances - @elliespeach

still alive - @lovelettersfromluna

oops - @seattlesellie

the air that I breathe - @elliespeach

this is what makes us girls - @lolasimms

exoplanet - @minustwofingers

enemies to angry smut - @elliesflwrgirl

@toasty-melons - masterlist

new romantics - @totheblood

I need to tell you something - @minustwofingers

don't cross the line -@seattlesellie

Irresistible - @leemonsblog

hit me - @catsfor2

affinity - @whore-era

the space between us - @seattleellie

body heat -@poisonedprose

playing games -@ourautumn86

imagine. - @millersaurora

@no-nameno-face - masterlist

VOICE MAIL!!! - @no-nameno-face

@hotxcheeto - masterlist

sorority secrets - @cinnamongrl

tear you apart - @elliespeach

you’re not good enough - @cowboyellies

too sweet - @lovelettersfromluna

farm hand ellie! @laceybunnie

failing to top ellie - @cheyisagirlkisser

[camillecrellin]

thanks for the tag !

me and camille <3 no pressure tags! @endureher @maddykomtrikru @futabasglasses @cowboyellies + anyone else!

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ PICREW TAG GAME! YOU AND YOUR COMFORT CHARACTER:

stole from twitter! here’s me n abby <3

*ೃ༄ a tiny bit of applied pressure tags! @zahraaziza @millersaurora @stardustmunson @elliessknife @cowgirlcherrie @lonelyfooryouonly @destielcore @beetlejuice-e @yohibmbi @sadeyedsugar

if this flops, no it didn’t…

[cowboyellies]

SUPERCUT e.w.

CHAPTER 5

"we don't have to talk about it"

series masterlist.

previous chapter

pairing: Rockstar!Ellie x IndieSinger!Reader

synopsis: ellie and you dated in high school where the two of you bonded together over your shared love of music. when ellie dumps you before your senior year to focus on her dreams of becoming a rockstar you write a devastating breakup song in your heartbroken daze. three years later you release the song and it blows up on social media. when it comes out that the song is about ellie, who reached her dreams of fame as the lead singer of her band the fireflies, the controversy spread like wildfire forcing you two to reconnect

warnings/themes: ellie is kind of a dick, ellie is cocky and annoying, second chance romance, probably some alcohol and drug references (nothing too crazy), enemies to lovers?kinda?, fake dating🫣

NOTE: sorry to introduce characters so late but here are y/n's friends!! they're all long distance rn but they met back in wyoming where they grew up. p.s. I added the song because I thought it fit the chapter I'll probably start doing that every chapter

🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️ @idk-sam @qtefolleunpez @machetegirl109 @violetsellie @dinoastronaut @whenlostinthedarkness @elliewilliamgfooc @gold-dustwomxn

[cowboyellies]

SUPERCUT e.w.

CHAPTER 3

series masterlist.

previous chapter

next chapter

pairing: Rockstar!Ellie x IndieSinger!Reader

synopsis: ellie and you dated in high school where the two of you bonded together over your shared love of music. when ellie dumps you before your senior year to focus on her dreams of becoming a rockstar you write a devastating breakup song in your heartbroken daze. three years later you release the song and it blows up on social media. when it comes out that the song is about ellie, who reached her dreams of fame as the lead singer of her band the fireflies, the controversy spread like wildfire forcing you two to reconnect

warnings/themes: ellie is kind of a dick, ellie is cocky and annoying, second chance romance, probably some alcohol and drug references (nothing too crazy), enemies to lovers?kinda?, fake dating🫣

authors note: omg thank you for all the love on this fic!! sorry it's been a few days since I posted the last chapter I got kinda busy but I'm gonna try to make these more frequently. this one is kinda short but dw the story is gonna start progressing more rapidly soon.

also I KNOW ELLIE IS SUCH A DICK RN but I swear we’re gonna see more of her perspective soon and hopefully you’ll start to like her more

🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️ @idk-sam @qtefolleunpez @machetegirl109 @violetsellie @dinoastronaut @cl1tl1cker @whenlostinthedarkness

[cowboyellies]

SUPERCUT e.w.

CHAPTER 2 series masterlist.

previous chapter

next chapter

pairing: Rockstar!Ellie x IndieSinger!Reader

synopsis: ellie and you dated in high school where the two of you bonded together over your shared love of music. when ellie dumps you before your senior year to focus on her dreams of becoming a rockstar you write a devastating breakup song in your heartbroken daze. three years later you release the song and it blows up on social media. when it comes out that the song is about ellie, who reached her dreams of fame as the lead singer of her band the fireflies, the controversy spread like wildfire forcing you two to reconnect

warnings/themes: ellie is kind of a dick, ellie is cocky and annoying, second chance romance, probably some alcohol and drug references (nothing too crazy), enemies to lovers?kinda?, fake dating🫣

authors note: i'm having so much fun with this I hope you guys are liking it :))) also ik its kinda weird all their messages are through twitter dm but the fake imessage text app I tried to use sucked so if anyone has any suggestions lmk

🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️ @idk-sam @qtefolleunpez @machetegirl109 @cassharass

[cowboyellies]

SUPERCUT e.w. masterlist

“in my head I do everything right”

PROLOGUE/CHARACTER INTRO

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

[cowboyellies]

august e.w. (1)

summary/ author’s note: hello! this is my first tumblr fanfic (also my first post because I’m not really sure yet how this website functions lol) I decided since it’s august to write an ellie fic inspired by the taylor swift song! (and the folklore love triangle in general) for those already aware of the story, ellie is supposed to be james, dina is betty, and the reader is augustine.  the characters are all supposed to be in the summer before they start college (18) so a slight difference from taylors lyrics. other than that the story is pretty much the same (aka angsty with a sad ending for poor reader </3) this is gonna be a multiple part fic so buckle up!

for those not knowledgeable in the folklore cinematic universe: after an awful fight with dina right before the start of summer (and dina’s three month long summer trip) ellie is left with unanswered questions about her and dina’s relationship and their future. ellie then meets you and pretty soon you begin a summer fling, leaving you questioning whether she was ever yours to lose?

warnings/themes: angst!!lots of it, cheating (womp womp), ellie is stupid and kind of a dick, reader is delusional and a little pathetic (me core), alcohol and weed use, eventual sexual themes (prob not in great detail because i suck at writing smut) talk of non consensual groping, homophobia (fun!)

word count: 2.1k

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you decided to leave the prom an hour and a half early. the music was lame, the tacky decorations didn’t do nearly enough to mask your public school’s moldy gym, and your date, who you had made sure to inform multiple times that you were just going as friends, tried to stick his tongue down your throat in the middle of the dance floor. you said goodbye to your small group of friends who were still partying with their dates, and made it to the exit of the sweaty gym, making sure to toss the lame corsage you had been given in the trash on the way out. since your debt ridden public school had cheapened out at the last minute and moved the prom’s venue from a nice event hall two towns over to the gymnasium, your friends decided to skip the whole overly expensive limo thing and just take your cars. you made your way to your old but lovable station wagon and began driving the opposite way from your house. you knew if you came home this early your mom would bother you with questions so you figured you’d stop and get a slurpee to pass the time.

and that’s when you saw her, the girl you had seen earlier in the night awkwardly standing near the punch bowl fiddling with her thumbs while her date danced energetically with her friends. you had seen ellie williams before but never paid much attention to her. she had a famously close friendship with dina woodward, probably the most beloved girl in your small town yet she herself kind of flew under the radar. It wasn’t until tonight when you saw ellie in her black suit, arms linked with dina as they entered the dance that you realized they were definitely together. given your small town’s outdated views and ridiculously rampant gossip mill they could obviously never label themselves as together publicly, but you could tell. you knew the small town closeted lesbian look all too well. 

you noticed now as you approached the reddened stop light where you both would be waiting for the next minute that she looked really sad. her posture crumpled as she trudged along the broken cobblestone, a look one could only describe as heart broken across her face. Impulsively you felt your fingers moving to roll down the car window. you weren’t the type of person to involve yourself in anyone’s personal problems, but the mixture of your own shitty night and ellie's grim expression moved something in you to open up that window. 

“hey!” you called out to her across the sidewalk. her saddened daze broke and she looked up at you surprised, so lost in thought she forgot anyone else in the world existed. “get in!” you yelled, shocking yourself in the process. you watched as her face changed from confusion to wariness. you watched as she mulled the proposition over in head, registering your prom dress as a sign you had come from the same place as her and therefore most likely were not trying to murder her, only give her a ride home. she hurried over to your car before the light could turn green, shutting the door with intense force behind her making the both of you slightly jump. soon after the light turned green and you began driving to the 7-11 which was only a couple of minutes away, a 90s song quietly played in the background as you nervously tapped your fingers on the wheel, starting to regret your decision as you weren’t sure what to say. 

Ellie opened up her mouth a few times to talk, but realized she wasn’t sure what to say either. This night had worn her down to exhaustion and for the first time in hours sitting silently in your car provided her with a surprising sense of calm. as your car finally pulled into the neon lit 7-11 parking lot you finally turned to look at her. her expression while still sad had lightened a little and you noticed now under the intense lighting how pretty her freckles were. 

“do you want a slurpee?” 

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you and ellie sat on the hood of your car quietly sipping your slurpees, yours a mixture of cherry and coke, her’s blue raspberry. the parking lot where you sat was vacant, the only other car there was likely the worker of the 7-11 behind you. 

“so…” you began to speak, putting an end to the comfortable silence. “prom was pretty great huh” you joked. she shook her head and smiled lightly, turning to look at you the first time that night. she noticed quickly that you were very beautiful, a fact that hadn’t crossed her mind in the midst of her heartache. she wondered suddenly why you had left the prom as early as her, another thought that hadn’t crossed her mind. 

“so um, dina, was she your date?” you asked, trying to keep your voice as nonchalant as possible, already knowing the weight behind your words. you noticed her body stiffen and soon regretted bringing it up. 

“sort of yeah,” she replied, her voice harsh. an awkward silence rested between you two until she began to speak again. “what about you, no date?”

“I wish, I had a date, jamie dawson. I thought we were just going as friends until he tried to grope me during the cha cha slide,” you cringed, taking another slip of your slurpee.

“gross. he’s a dick.” she replied. he was a dick, ellie had thought so ever since she caught him looking at dina’s ass while she cheered at last year’s fall pep rally. she wanted so badly in that moment to yell at him, inform him she was taken. but of course she couldn’t.

a similar situation is what led to her current shitty mood. she showed up to dina’s that night, crumpled corsage in hand as she nervously knocked on her door. she was greeted by dina’s dad. mr. woodward had always scared ellie since the first time she had met him in eighth grade. he made his disdain for ellie clear to his daughter, as he disapproved dina having such a close relationship with a girl like her, a girl who skateboarded around town in her dirty converse and boyish clothes. he hated how close they were and even though they had always done their best to hide the real nature of their relationship, he always suspected something was going on between them. when mr. woodward saw her at the door standing in her thrifted suit, his face crumpled in contempt, the first hindering in ellie’s confidence that night. 

she brushed past that as she made her way into the woodward’s foyer where dina and her friends resided. ellie knew most of the girls due to cheer performances and all the time’s dina had dragged her along to events like this, but she was never really close with any of them. along with dina’s friends stood their dates, most of them douchey football players who were among the bunch of boys who found pleasure in shouting homophobic insults at her in the school halls. the one nice one among them she recognized was jesse. ellie knew him from her astronomy class and had always liked partnering up with him for group projects, his sense of humor was similar to hers and they always found themselves being scolded by the teacher for laughing during lectures. 

she creeped inside awkwardly waving as the crowd eyed her entrance. dina wasn’t in the room and she quickly began to panic until jesse snapped her out of it by dapping her up. 

“ELLIE!!!” he shouted as he wrapped her in a bro hug. she found herself being thankful to whichever cheer girl brought him as her date. 

soon after dina descended from the stairs, scanning the room to see if ellie arrived yet. when her eyes landed on the auburn haired girl she broke out into one of her signature bright smiles. when she reached ellie she quickly wrapped ellie in a hug, making sure not to let the gesture linger considering her parents were in the corner setting up their fancy digital camera. “took you long enough,” she teased

“sorry I forgot your corsage and had to go ba-” 

“I’m just teasing you, I don't care,” she replied gently, reaching down to grab the plastic corsage container. ellie blushed, noticing since she’d arrived all of dina’s friends sporting much fancier corsages. “I love it!” dina beamed. opening the box for ellie to put it on her. dina’s parents eyed them from the side of the room, suspicious of the intimate gesture. The only reason they allowed dina to go as ellie’s “date” was because dina told them no one had asked her. that was a blatant lie, there was a day the week before prom where three boys had asked her in one lunch period. 

the group lined up for group pictures and ellie stood nervously, trying to look as platonic as possible posing next to her girlfriend of almost two years. soon when people began branching off to do couples pics, dina’s parents beckoned her over. ellie stood in her original position but could clearly hear the whole conversation. 

“we noticed that nice boy jesse is going stag, why don’t you two pose for some pictures together?” dina’s mom prodded, stroking dina’s hair. ellie tensed. 

“mom n-” 

“come on sweetie, when you're older don’t you want to show your kids pictures of your date from your senior prom? not pictures of you and your friend,” her voice hardening on the word friend. dina began protesting more but suddenly mrs. woodward was calling jesse over to them. ellie watched in the corner as the woodward’s began posing the two of them together. dina sported a tense smile while jesse, confused by the situation but happy he got to be in that close of a vicinity to a hot girl smiled brightly. 

after the pictures the group made their way into the big limo dina’s parents had rented. dina linked arms with ellie and quickly noticed her tense nature. “hey, i'm sorry about that,” she whispered softly. 

“s’ okay” ellie replied, forcing a small smile. she knew dina wasn’t at fault for her parents' insane actions, but that didn’t stop her from hurting whenever they pulled stuff like that. 

the rest of the night continued on regularly. ellie still felt awkward amongst dina’s friends but tried her best to put on a front for her. as she and her friends danced energetically to early 2000s hits, ellie stayed to the side, letting her girlfriend enjoy the night without having to subject her to her awkward dancing. she figured she would pop in during the slow songs, the light swaying they required being the only move she could handle. that’s why when the ridiculously corny ed sheeran song that for some reason dina loved came on, ellie began making her way to the dance floor. she stopped suddenly at the edge of the floor when she saw dina smiling as she swayed with jesse. ellie’s heart dropped when she saw their joyful expressions, jesse spinning dina at a completely different tempo than what the song called for, both of them laughing hysterically

in retrospect ellie should have known this supposed act of intimacy she had walked in on was just jesse dicking around and trying to ruin the slow song for the rest of the couples on the dance floor, but seeing her laughing and holding onto his hands made ellie want to hurl. so much so, she quickly exited the gym. trudging alone in the dark scraping her doc martens on the rundown cobblestone street until you came along, offering her a ride.

you watched as ellie finished her slurpee, her face bitter as she recalled the night's events. you didn’t press her on it any further, knowing by her expression whatever had happened was bad. 

“where do you live? I’ll give you a ride. I have to kill time before I get home anyway,” you said as you slid off your car's hood and began unlocking it.

“thanks,” she replied, mimicking your actions. after she got in the car she began thinking back to your last sentence. “why can’t you go home?”

“don’t want my mom asking annoying questions. you know, worrying about me and shit,” 

“I get that,” she thought of what joel would say when she returned home, all bleary eyed and disheveled looking. she realized she should probably wait to go home until she knew he was asleep. “actually, um if you don’t have anywhere to be… could we just drive around for a bit?” 

you smiled softly and placed your hand on the ignition, “sure.”

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authors note: sorry not much happens in this chapter I promise it will get good in the next one I just wanted to introduce the story a little and try to explain ellie and dina’s relationship before I got into writing more about the reader and ellie🫶

[cowboyellies]

SUPERCUT e.w.

CHAPTER 4

series masterlist.

previous chapter

next chapter

pairing: Rockstar!Ellie x IndieSinger!Reader

synopsis: ellie and you dated in high school where the two of you bonded together over your shared love of music. when ellie dumps you before your senior year to focus on her dreams of becoming a rockstar you write a devastating breakup song in your heartbroken daze. three years later you release the song and it blows up on social media. when it comes out that the song is about ellie, who reached her dreams of fame as the lead singer of her band the fireflies, the controversy spread like wildfire forcing you two to reconnect

warnings/themes: ellie is kind of a dick, ellie is cocky and annoying, second chance romance, probably some alcohol and drug references (nothing too crazy), enemies to lovers?kinda?, fake dating🫣

authors note: hi sorry this took a minute I got busy :/ but just to avoid confusion the tweets in this are supposed to be before the story starts so a little after ellie and yn break up

🏷️🏷️🏷️🏷️ @idk-sam @qtefolleunpez @machetegirl109 @violetsellie @dinoastronaut @whenlostinthedarkness @elliewilliamgfooc

[cowboyellies]

cowboyellies masterlist :)

ellie williams:

august (series)

supercut (series)

You're Not Good Enough (one shot)

Bad Habit (part two of YNGE)

[cowboyellies]

about me!

basic information: hello!! my name is ava I'm 18 and currently a freshman in college studying literature. I'm fairly new to this site so sorry if I haven't mastered the tumblr etiquette yet i'm trying :)

Interests: I have so many different forms of media i'm obsessed with, obviously the main one being tlou but here is a list of some other ones. (I'm always looking for more suggestions!)

video games: life is strange, until dawn, silent hill, the sims, stardew valley, animal crossing

shows: the bear, succession, yellowjackets, sharp objects, big little lies, new girl, community, arrested development, parks and rec, the oc, gilmore girls, glee, the l word, sex lives of college girls, I am not okay with this, the society, shameless, and many many more

movies: any greta gerwig movie, portrait of a lady on fire, but I'm a cheerleader, pitch perfect (bechloe for life), the princess diaries, juno, eeao, the scream series, and once again many more

musical artists: the sundays, big thief, adrienne lenker, blood orange, lorde, clairo, beabadoobee, taylor swift, mitski, boygenius + their solo stuff, frank ocean, fka twigs, the smiths (unfortunately), jeff buckley, fiona apple, fleetwood mac, paramore, the cranberries, hozier, dijon, pinkpanthress

requests: I've never actually done a request before but i would be willing to! I do write smut occasionally but it's not something I think im particularly good at so I would probably not write anything to insane

end note: thank you to anyone who interacts with my posts you guys are amazeballs:) once again I am new to this site so I'm not sure how making mutuals really works on here but ig comment on this if you want to be mutuals I love new friends!!!

[thatgiraffefromtlou]

i’m tagging my fav ellie writers because going in all of yours asks for this would take a LOT of time

anyways will one of you pretty pretty please write a fic abt/based of these pictures

i made them and i’m begging you on my knees i’ll do anything (no pressure ofc ily all sm and i hope your days going great and i love your writing MWAH) i would 100% write this myself but my creative bank is DRY and i know yall would knock this out of the park-

@s-4pphics @totheblood @ellies-dog @callmelola111 @elliespeach @lovelettersfromluna @lolasimms @minustwofingers @elliesflwrgirl @elliesbelle @toasty-melons @leemonsblog @catsfor2 @whore-era @poisonedprose @ourautumn86 @millersaurora @no-nameno-face @hotxcheeto @cinnnamongrl @cowboyellies (i think that’s all if not i’ll edit it 😭)