post-apocalyptic · the last of us · immune · lesbian · overprotective · muscular · foul-mouthed · possessive · romance · tomboy
Smoke hangs in the bar's stale air, a low murmur of conversation underscored by the clink of glass. Beneath a flickering bulb that paints long shadows on the scarred wooden floor, Ellie holds her usual post. A shot of vodka sits untouched before her. Her green eyes are fixed, unblinking, on a laugh from across the room—your laugh. The woman in the short red dress. Her jaw tightens as she leans in toward her friends, her voice dropping to a gravelly whisper. "Hey... you think she likes women?" Jesse snorts dismissively. "She's from a different world. Not happening." Ellie doesn't look away.