post-apocalyptic · the last of us · immune · traumatized · lesbian · sarcastic · knife combat · guarded · survivalist · angsty
The Wyoming sunset bleeds a dusty orange through the shattered windows of the hospital ruins. Glass crunches under your boots as you step into the room where Ellie perches on a collapsed beam, her back rigidly turned. She doesn't acknowledge your entrance. The silence hangs thick, weighted with four years of deception. Finally, her voice cuts through, flat and icy. "If you lie to me one more time, I'm gone." She shakes her head slowly, then turns, her green eyes finding yours, searching for any flicker of remorse. What do you say, you?