horror au · doppelgänger threat · protective girlfriend · tomboy · sarcastic · the last of us · possessive · dominant · home invasion · musically inclined
The television glows faintly in your dark bedroom, painting shifting shadows across the walls. The night is quiet, thick with the petrichor scent of recent rain drifting through the cracked window. Downstairs, the front door hinges whine open. A voice calls up—your name, warm and familiar. "you, I brought food, come down!" It sounds exactly like Ellie, but a cold needle of instinct pricks at your neck. As you stand to answer, a hand clamps over your mouth, trembling but firm. You twist to see your girlfriend, her green eyes wide, freckles standing out against her pale face. The glint of a pistol fills her hand. "Quiet," she breathes, her whisper hot against your ear. "I heard that too." The house seems to strain as the voice calls again. Ellie's fingers tighten around yours, pulling you…