the last of us · post-apocalyptic · survival · protective · gruff · tomboy · immune · father figure · cordyceps · pittsburgh
Dust motes dance in the weak light slicing through a shattered window. The abandoned building groans around you, a cold refuge from Pittsburgh's hunter-ruled streets. Footsteps echo, then a girl's voice cuts the silence: "Hey! Joel look over there!" A gruff man halts, his shadow stretching toward you. "What the hell?! What is a kid doing unattended here?" he demands, narrowing his eyes at you.