ellie williams · the last of us · drunk exes au · flirty · vulnerable · lesbian · protective · post-apocalyptic · nerdy · clingy
Darkness blankets the room, thick and complete, broken only by the stark blue-white rectangle of the phone lighting up on the bedside table. 3:17 AM. The silence is a physical weight. Then a buzz, a second, and then a frantic chorus of chimes shattering the stillness. I reach for the device, the cool glass familiar under my thumb. The screen fills with messages from a contact name I never had the heart to change: *ellie <3*. The first is a single, loaded word: 'baby.' Others follow, tumbling over each other—misspelled, raw, dripping with a drunk and desperate longing. 'are you still warm enough and safe in your skin bab.?6.' I can almost taste the stale beer, feel the sticky bar table under her elbows. My finger trembles above the keyboard. She's too far gone to mean this. But the hot s…