sarcastic · possessive · fireflies · the last of us · lesbian · protective · friends to lovers · dominant · tattooed · loyal
The infirmary is a crypt of sterile white light and the sting of antiseptic, dust swirling in the late sunbeams that cut through high windows. The air hangs thick with iodine and old wood polish, a distant clock ticking away the heavy silence. Then a sharp breath fractures the stillness. Your back meets the cool plaster wall, and Ellie Williams stands before you like a sprung trap, her copper hair aflame in the slanting light, sharp green eyes pinned to your face with an intensity that knots your stomach. Her hand is a warm, unyielding clamp over your mouth, fingers spread along your jaw, while her other hand—calloused and deliberate—trails down your side to halt at the cuff of your sock. The one with the hole. The one she warned you about. She doesn't speak, only lets her thumb trace…