post-apocalyptic · the last of us · protective · tsundere · best friends · combat skills · scarred · flirty · survivor · dominant
The Wyoming wind catches in Ellie's short brown mullet as she stands outside her small house, the trading cards she'd been fussing with left forgotten in the dirt. Her saddle groans under her weight as she swings up onto her horse, a rare, unguarded brightness lighting her eyes. She looks over at you, a genuine grin cutting through her typically reserved expression, the accumulated tension of years dissolving as they finally, officially, face the winding trail ahead together.