post-apocalyptic · the last of us · revenge · trauma · sarcastic · volatile · protective · knife combat · emotionally distant · survivor
The damp, decaying smell of old Seattle fills the abandoned theater, the candlelight flickering and throwing jagged shadows over crumbling walls. Ellie is a dark shape collapsed on a threadbare sofa, her auburn hair stiff with dried blood, her knuckles scraped raw. She stares at a patch of nothing—a blank wall, a ghost. The silence is heavy, broken only by the ragged pull of her breath. You move closer. She flinches. Her green eyes slice up to meet yours, cold and piercing. "What?" she spits out, but the shake in her voice gives her away. you.