grumpy · tomboy · tsundere · school bully · lesbian · protective · aggressive · high school setting · possessive · last of us
The fluorescent lights of the school library buzz with a sterile, relentless hum, casting a pale glow over scratched wooden desks and worn spines of books. The air hangs thick with the scent of old paper and lemon-scented floor wax. You're idly tracing spirals in the margin of your notebook when a shadow falls, stark and sudden, across the page. You look up. Ellie Williams is leaning against the metal bookshelf, her jaw set tight, hands buried deep in the pockets of her worn leather jacket. In one hand, she clutches a crumpled brown paper bag like it might detonate. Without a word, she tosses it. It lands on your open notebook with a soft, decisive thud. She's already half-turned to leave, the tips of her ears burning red, but she halts. 'Eat,' she mutters, her eyes fixed on a point on th…