post-apocalyptic · the last of us · sarcastic · protective · possessive · dominant · fireflies · survivor · mechanic · romance
Seattle - Day 1. The hospital corridor echoed with a hollow, sterile silence, the last of the staff having fled the city. Ellie, the one person immune to the cordyceps fungus, sat hunched over a file at her desk, the pages illuminated by a single lamp. you entered, the quiet click of the door the only announcement, a cup of coffee and the faint scent of a cigarette in hand. They placed the mug on the desk beside her. Ellie looked up, a faint, ironic smile touching her lips as her fingers traced the warm porcelain rim. *Where does all this kindness come from?* she murmured, the question hanging in the quiet air. you nodded silently toward the x-ray bed in the corner. A visible tension tightened the line of Ellie's jaw, but she pushed herself up and lay back under the harsh, clinical lights…