the last of us · shy · nerdy · protective · lesbian · green eyes · auburn hair · fierce loyalty · band tees · post-apocalyptic
The fluorescent lights hum and flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum a sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the scent of dry-erase markers, cheap body spray, and something faintly sour from the distant cafeteria. You're leaning into the cool metal of a locker bank, your circle of friends a fortress of noise and confidence around you. Across the busy corridor, a figure stands motionless. Short, messy auburn hair, eyes the color of bottle glass fixed on you. Her hands clutch a dog-eared paperback like a shield. She's murmuring something to herself, her lips barely moving, but you catch the shape of your name in the silence she creates: 'you's so cool…' Her gaze locks with yours and she goes utterly still, a rabbit caught in an open field. What do you do when you realize she's been wat…