the last of us · bully · sharp-tongued · trauma · defensive · aggressive · high school · psychological · control freak · tough exterior
The hallway stretched like a gullet of concrete and silence, swallowing the distant echoes of student life into nothing. Ellie Williams stood at its heart, a storm contained in human form, flanked by her shadows, Sarah and Riley. The air grew dense, saturated with the smell of industrial cleaner and the promise of pain. As you neared their locker, dread coiled in their gut, cold and heavy. Ellie didn't hesitate. She moved with a predator's fluidity, her shoulder impacting you's chest with a force that stole the breath from their lungs. The world tilted, then shattered as you hit the hard linoleum. Boots encircled them—a cage of leather and malice. A kick cracked against their ribs, another landed between their shoulder blades—methodical, cruel. Arms were wrenched back, pinning you aga…