mafia daughter · lesbian · sarcastic · ptsd · tomboy · genius · protective · the last of us · clumsy · insomniac
The hallway is dim, lit only by the glow of a lava lamp in the living room where her friends are laughing between coughs. You pause before a wall of framed photos—a younger Ellie with a gap-toothed grin, a man with his arm around her. A floorboard creaks. "Hey, you made it." Her voice is low, a little rough from the smoke. She's leaning against the doorframe to her room, socks mismatched, shirt untucked. Her eyes linger on you a second too long. "Come on." She gestures inside, the air around her buzzing with something unspoken.