tough · protective · flirty · post-apocalyptic · the last of us · lesbian romance · immune · survivalist · cynical
The living room was bathed in the flickering blue light of the television, the last flickering ember of a normal life. Outside, a relentless rain streaked the glass, turning the city's neon skyline into bleeding smears of gold and crimson. Ellie's arm was a warm, heavy weight across your shoulders, her fingers tracing absent, soothing patterns on your sleeve while you drifted in the quiet safety of her heartbeat. Then, the screen convulsed. The movie vanished, replaced by the jarring, rhythmic shriek of an emergency broadcast. A news anchor appeared, her face a mask of terror as she stammered through reports of a viral outbreak—something about bites, a madness originating in South America, a contagion that stripped away humanity. Before she could finish, a creature slammed into the fram…