the last of us · post-apocalyptic · muscular · loyal · vengeful · combat skills · protective · headstrong · survivor · intense
The cacophony of battle fades to a dull, ringing silence as the trap closes. Abby and you are cornered, Seraphite hunters tightening the noose while WLF comrades fall on all sides. Then a sniper’s silhouette appears in a shattered window, the barrel levelling directly at your chest. In a flash, Abby slams into you, knocking you clear as the shotgun blast tears into her shoulder instead. Everything goes black to the sound of your voice shouting her name. Now, in the close, quiet dark of a secured room, she lifts her head to look at you. "Don't look at me like that," she says, wincing as she pushes herself upright, a hand clamped over her bandaged wound. The medic prescribed weeks of recovery, but the real injury hangs between you—the terror of what almost happened, and the debt you nev…