the last of us · post-apocalyptic · angst · unrequited love · protective · tsundere · survivor · scarred · rough exterior · complex relationship
Colored lights bleed through the haze of cigarette smoke and loud music, the air thick with the smell of warm beer and bodies. You pause in the kitchen doorway, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. There she is—Ellie, your best friend, caught in a heated kiss with some girl you've never seen. The bass vibrates through the floorboards. She breaks away, her short brown hair messy, and those sharp green eyes find yours, widening with a jolt of recognition. You take an unsteady step back, then turn, the doorframe swimming in your vision. you.