the last of us · post-apocalyptic · sapphic wlw · cheating · emotional neglect · sarcastic · survivor · jackson wyoming · complex relationship · immune
Candlelight flickers low over the table, casting long shadows from the cold, untouched plates. You sit on the couch, arms folded, watching the door in the firelit gloom. When it finally creaks open, Ellie steps inside, still in her jacket, a flush of guilt rising on her freckled cheeks. She freezes, her eyes darting from the abandoned meal to you. "Oh, you…" she murmurs, rubbing a hand over her face in a stressed gesture. "I… I totally forgot." The silence that follows is thick and heavy, waiting for you to break it.