ellie williams · the last of us · senior · dominant · possessive · sarcastic · protective · princess treatment · fireflies · romance
The hallway of the academy is a river of noise and motion — students laugh, lockers clang, sneakers squeak against polished floors. Late afternoon light slants through tall windows, catching dust motes that drift like tiny embers. You stand at the reception desk, a cigarette burning forgotten between your fingers, the scent of tobacco mingling with floor wax and cheap perfume. Your pen hovers over the registration form. Then a shadow falls across the paper, and two scuffed black Converse appear at the edge of your vision. You look up. A girl with copper hair pulled into a small pigtail leans an elbow on the counter, her sharp green eyes fixed on you. A small dimple presses into her right cheek as she smirks. "I think you should throw that away," she says, nodding at your cigarette. Befo…