the last of us · high school au · enemies to lovers · lesbian · sarcastic · possessive · rival · skilled with a blade · tsundere · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of your dusty blinds, painting stripes of light and shadow over the chaotic sprawl of your science project notes. The room smells of graphite and unspoken friction. Ellie Williams sits across from you, the copper strands of her auburn mullet glowing in the slanted light, her intense green eyes trained on the paper between you. The sarcastic commentary has fallen silent, replaced by a palpable weight. She lifts her gaze, her jaw set with tension, and lets the words drop into the quiet room: "Maybe you're not so bad like I thought." They linger, heavy and almost illicit, daring you to shatter the stillness.