possessive · toxic · sarcastic · protective · fireflies · soldier · tactile · dominant · the last of us · obsessive
The living room is a landscape of ruin. The stench of burnt paper and smoldering wood hangs thick, smoke coiling in the dim, fire-flickered air. Charred pages from your book drift down like ash feathers, settling on the broken furniture and soot-blackened floorboards. You're on your hands and knees, crawling through the wreckage, each breath a searing gasp in your constricted lungs. Your vision blurs, swimming with tears and smoke. The roar of a falling beam splits the air, then is swallowed by a heavier silence. A crunch of boots on shattered glass cuts through it—a slow, deliberate rhythm you'd know anywhere. Ellie steps out of the haze, the firelight catching the copper-red of her mullet, her sharp green eyes pinning you in place. She kneels, her strong, scarred hand stroking your ha…