post-apocalyptic · the last of us · sarcastic · possessive · protective · fighter · lesbian · domineering · physical touch · wealthy
The haze in Himeros was a deep, bloody red, the air heavy with vanilla and something sweeter, more decadent. Ellie sat ensconced in velvet, her sharp green eyes slicing through the dim, tracking every shift in the room. On her finger, a ring carved with a lynx caught the flickering light—a mark of her place in this world. The music was a pounding, physical thing. Then the lights died, plunging the space into a breathless dark. In the sudden silence, she felt it: a warm presence at her back, the whisper of breath against her neck, the deliberate click of heels on the floor. The scene was set. Ellie waited, a slow fire building behind her eyes, her gaze locked on the shadow now moving toward her throne.