#ik she’s so smart and knows that a fever is a bad sign

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i’m imagining sometime during that three month time skip maybe ellie got sick and joel probably did the dad thing where he touched her forehead w the back of his hand to take her temp and joked about being burned and when he was lying in that basement she was probably thinking what would joel do rn and they don’t teach you that in fedra school it’s something you learn from your parents fretting over you. thinking about how she might not totally know what it means or what to do when his temperature gets worse but joel did it for her when she was sick and his soft touch made her feel better so maybe she can help him too and it calms her down to be close to him