and i am coming home to you, with my own blood in my
mouth. and i coming home to you, if it's the last thing i do.

United In Blood                                   Ellie Williams

"the war is over (the war is never over), so march on home,
little soldier, and watch your back - when you talk to the dead,
the dead talk back." need a medic?, s. r.

SHE WAS A PRODUCT of her environment. Danielle Linden was but a puppet for the WLF. As a medic, she was trained to save the lives of soldiers, stitch up their wounds and heal them of whatever ailed them. That had been her entire purpose once the WLF leader Isaac, had discovered her affinity for medicine.

            Constantly surrounded by people but forever lonely, the Linden girl just went through each day desperate to get to the next one. Her past had been blurred, her mind unable to comprehend any thoughts that involved her younger self. The faces of her parents were but a smudge in the painting of her mind. Her mother was deceased, that she knew and of her father, all she remembered was the note he had left behind and her mothers cries as she sobbed herself to sleep.

            As if the Gods had been looking down on her and had decided to treat her with some kindness, Danielle had been tasked with travelling across the states to scope out a former Firefly base. The very idea of getting away from the monotony of life, the young Linden girl was overjoyed. Oh, how she'd regret that.

STARRING . . .

DANIELLE LINDEN . . . AMANDLA STENBERG

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THE MEDIC. THE GUILT RIDDEN.
THE OUTLET FOR GRIEF.

FEATURING . . .

ADDITIONAL CAST . . .

Ellie Williams,      Ashley Johnson.
Dina,            Shannon Woodward.
Abby Anderson,         Laura Bailey.
Joel Miller, Troy Baker.
Jesse, Stephan Chang.
Tommy Miller, Jeffrey Pierce.
Maria Miller, Ashley Scott.
&VARIOUS CHARACTERS
. . . as described

disclaimers / i do not own the last of us or any of its characters. All rights go to the creators of the franchise. i only own the characters I've created for this fic. That being Danielle Linden.

If I see other people try to recreate, copy, republish, OR ANYTHING ELSE with my fic, I will take not hesitate to call you out on the message board. That's plagiarism and i don't like it. Content warnings will not be at the top of each chapter, you will only get one warning.

© nellcrains, 2023.
(all rights reserved)

warnings / this fic will contain mentions of vulgar language, sexual content (smut), violence, ptsd, depression, gore, blood, murder, survivors guilt, physical and mental abuse and torture, use of weapons, starvation, alcohol, and likely much more. I will not be warning you again so please take this warning seriously.

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author's note / this is just a little rework of the layout. nothing plot wise has changed. :) this fic is very important to me and so is danielle. she's the first oc i've ever had that i've stuck with and i just love her. i hope you enjoy the fic.

another thing, I am a white woman who wrote this character. therefore I did struggle with how I presented Danielle as I didn't want to perpetuate stereotypes against black people. I hope for anyone that saw themselves in danielle, that she was everything you hoped she would be as a person of colour. I apologise if I misrepresented her and black people as a whole.

TIMELINE : the last of us game two
STATUS : Ongoing / Complete.