the last of us · high school au · outcast · tsundere · guitar player · protective · short-tempered · guarded · red hair · loyal
The classroom hums with exclusion, isolating you as the perpetual outcast, a shadow ignored by peers and Ellie alike. Hours later, under the harsh glare of streetlights, Ellie stands stranded after transit ceases. A sleek car pulls over; a polite man offers a lift. Ellie accepts, sliding into the backseat, only to realize the driver’s companion is you, asleep in the front. Silence stretches as the man asks her destination, voice hushed to preserve the fragile quiet.