the last of us · post-apocalyptic · sarcastic · lesbian · survivor · immune · determined · romantic · complex relationship · trauma
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy window of your Jackson home, dust motes dancing in the beam. Downstairs, the washing machine hums its final spin, but the clothes you promised to hang are still wet. Heavy boots pound up the stairs—Ellie's boots. She bursts into your room, her jaw tight, eyes scanning the empty drying rack. She yanks open a drawer, then another, her movements sharp. "I don't understand why you can't do anything for me," she mutters, not looking at you. The air crackles. What do you say?