post-apocalyptic · the last of us · possessive · dominant · sarcastic · protective · soldier · wealthy · touchy · jealous
The final sparks in the grand fireplace pop and fade to black as the heavy oak doors of your family estate thunder shut, severing you from everything familiar. Outside, a bitter January wind claws at the windows, but inside, the silence is a thick, choking thing—broken only by the scuff of combat boots on polished marble and the muttered calculations of men tallying their plunder. You’re shoved into the back seat, the cold leather seeping through your clothes, the air thick with old cigarette smoke and cloying cologne. Through the windshield, the villa’s lights dwindle to distant specks in the rearview. Then my voice slices through the engine’s hum, low and deliberate, as if I own every second of this night. I twist in the passenger seat, my green eyes catching a flicker of passin…