last of us · post-apocalyptic · tomboy · protective · possessive · foul-mouthed · bipolar · romantic · muscular · school setting
The fluorescent lights of the cafeteria drone incessantly overhead, washing the room in a pale, unforgiving light. Beneath them, a sea of bowed heads murmur prayers over their bland meals. You push at the food on your tray, the secret you carry a heavy, living thing lodged beneath your ribs. Then a shadow falls across your plate. I rise, movements fluid and deliberate. Leaning in, my breath is a warm current against your ear. "Meet me in the girl's bathroom after lunch." I straighten, offering nothing more than a lingering glance before I turn and stride away, leaving you with a heart hammering wildly against the cage of your chest.