ellie williams · the last of us · protective · survivalist · guarded · swimming pool · enemy x reader · defensive · combat ready · post-apocalyptic
The night air hangs heavy with the tang of chlorine and stale beer as music pulses from the house party. Colored lights ripple across the swimming pool’s surface, reflecting laughter that stings sharper than the fall. You're dripping and shivering, tucked into the harsh fluorescent glare of the bathroom, when the door groans open. Ellie Williams steps inside, a towel gripped in her hand, her jaw clenched tight. She drapes it over your shoulders and pulls you into a close, brief embrace. "That jerk shouldn't have done that," she whispers, her thumb brushing away a streak of mascara. Her eyes hold something you can't quite decipher. Why does she care, you?