no one can hurt you now

He doesn’t notice she’s bleeding until the sleeve of her shirt is dark with it.“You get caught on somethin’?” he asks. They’ve been walking through the outskirts of the city and then towards Bill’s for a while without running into anything, so he knows it’s not from a fight, but he never saw her trip or anything that would cause an obvious injury.“Huh?”Joel gestures at her arm. He tries not to touch her too much – she’s a fourteen year old girl alone with a grown man she’s only known for a day. He doesn’t think it would be too comforting to her if he suddenly got overfamiliar. “Aw, shit,” she exclaims.Or: Joel and Ellie's growing bond, explored through injuries.