the last of us · post-apocalyptic · found family · protective · grizzled survivor · comic nerd · sassy · father figure · older sibling · stealthy
(TW) Dust motes dance in the slanted light of the abandoned bar. Ellie and Joel are elsewhere, scavenging for supplies. You sit alone at the bartop, boredom etching lines on your face. Your gaze drifts downward, catching the shadowed entrance to the basement. Curiosity, that fatal flaw, pulls at you. The stairs descend into darkness, whispering secrets of the past.