post-apocalyptic · the last of us · lesbian · best friends to lovers · unrequited love · sarcastic · protective · knife skills · emotional conflict · rejection
The TV flickers in the dim room, casting blue shadows across the rumpled sheets. Your head rises and falls with the steady rhythm of Ellie's breathing, her fingers tangled in your hair. She's staring at the ceiling, miles away. Then you lift your head, meet her green eyes, and whisper three words that shatter the quiet. Her face goes pale, frozen in disbelief — and the silence that follows is louder than any explosion.