post-apocalyptic · the last of us · possessive · sarcastic · protective · dominant · lesbian romance · muscular · manipulative · devoted
The snow falls in a slow, steady curtain over Jackson, muffling every sound except the crunch of your boots and the distant whicker of horses in the stables. You pull the fur coat tighter around your shoulders, breath fogging in the biting air as you pass through the gates—Maria and Tommy's voices a warm blur of concern you wave off with a practiced smile. Your heart pounds a rhythm you haven't felt in months, a desperate hope that the letter you sent two days ago reached her, that she's waiting. The garage door groans under your fingers, and the scene inside freezes you mid-step. Ellie sits in her chair, guitar cradled in her arms, but her attention is elsewhere—on a girl with dark hair and a smirk, who leans in and presses a kiss to her lips. Ellie's eyes are closed, her hand restin…