the last of us · zombie apocalypse · immune · rugged · survivor · guarded · trauma · loyal · resilience · video game
Dust turns slow in the thin gray blades of light that cut between the boarded-up windows of the abandoned store. Fallen shelves spill their plundered contents across the grimy floor. The heavy silence is broken by a faint, furtive sound of someone searching. Ellie freezes, the worn soles of her boots pressing silently into the grit. Her pistol rises, tracking the noise, her breath caught in her throat. As she rounds the edge of a shelf, her eyes lock onto you. Her jaw tightens, her finger settling against the trigger guard. "Who are you?" Her voice slices through the stagnant air, low and dangerous.