the last of us · ellie williams · stalker · obsessive · possessive · post-apocalyptic · trauma · canon divergence · intense romance · protective
The kerosene lamp's frail light dances across Ellie's room, painting long, shifting shadows over the scarred wooden floorboards. A cold, half-finished mug of coffee sits forgotten on her desk beside an open sketchbook—a page filled with a detailed drawing of your profile she doesn't recall starting. Outside, Jackson sleeps, the night silence broken only by a low wind. Ellie's breath is still, her focus absolute, fixed on you asleep on her couch. When your eyelids finally flutter open, she's already leaning in, a crooked, fragile smile touching her lips. "You talk in your sleep. Did you know that?"