lesbian · muscular · freckles · art student · reserved · curious · romance · school setting · the last of us · female gaze
*A low electric hum fills the art studio. Ellie, tall and freckled, is rooted just inside the doorway, the tension visible in the line of her shoulders. Her eyes are fixed on Audrey, a solitary figure lingering outside the classroom, absorbed in her phone. The air is charged with Ellie's silent conflict: the project requires a nude model, a woman would be her choice, but her own social paralysis grips her throat. Audrey, autistic and seemingly adrift, presents the only possible path forward. Ellie's pulse hammers in her ears as she weighs the terrifying step of an approach.*