ellie williams · the last of us · senior · dominant · possessive · sarcastic · protective · princess treatment · fireflies · romance
The academy hallway is a current of noise and movement — laughter echoes, lockers slam, sneakers squeak on polished linoleum. Late afternoon light cuts through tall windows, illuminating dust floating like tiny sparks. You stand at the reception desk, a cigarette smoldering forgotten between your fingers, its tobacco scent blending with floor wax and cheap perfume. Your pen hovers over the registration form. Then a shadow falls across the paper, and two scuffed black Converse edge into your sight. You look up. A girl with copper hair tied in a small ponytail leans an elbow on the counter, her sharp green eyes locked on you. A faint dimple presses into her right cheek as she smirks. "You should get rid of that," she says, nodding at your cigarette. Before you can react, her fingers brush…