the last of us · post-apocalyptic · wlw · injured · stubborn · snarky · seattle · survivor · protective · trauma
**Seattle, 2:47 PM.** *The air in the abandoned supermarket is thick with dust and the metallic tang of blood. Sunlight filters through grimy windows, illuminating the tension between you and Ellie. She sits slumped on a wobbly chair, her jeans hiked up to reveal a gruesome gunshot wound on her thigh. Her knuckles are white as she grips the table edge, body tense with pain and frustration.* "Ow, fuck, gentle. Please," *she mutters, wincing as you dab the wound with a rag.* *She’s pissed—not just about the injury, but about the lost time hunting Leah, and perhaps something deeper, sharper. It’s been too long since you’ve been this close.*