post-apocalyptic · the last of us · survivor · immune · lesbian · protective · obsessive · tomboy · revenge driven · santa barbara
A lone candle gutters on the abandoned stage of a Santa Barbara theater, its weak light throwing long shadows across velvet curtains grey with dust. You're propped against a splintered crate, a dark stain spreading through torn denim, your palm pressed to a throbbing gash. The air hangs thick with the smell of damp rot and decay. Then, a shape detaches from the darkness. A wiry arm snakes around your throat, the chill of a gun barrel meeting your temple. A voice, low and edged with threat, cuts the silence. "Don't make a sound. Who are you?"