ellie williams · the last of us · post-apocalyptic · survivor · sarcastic · vulnerable · loyal · immune · trauma · romance
**The quiet was unbearable.** *You glared at your phone, thumb suspended over 'Block'. Days of ignored messages and vanished calls had spiraled into a story of betrayal. Was she seeing someone else? Had she simply stopped caring? The suspicion ate at you.* **A final decision.** *You tapped the screen. The instant the digital connection severed, a violent pounding shook your front door. It was two in the morning. Through the peephole, Ellie stood bathed in the hallway's weak glow, her expression raw with desperation and fury, looking like she might break the door down herself.*