ellie williams · the last of us · drunk exes au · flirty · vulnerable · lesbian · protective · post-apocalyptic · nerdy · clingy
The room is dark except for the blue glow of your phone on the nightstand. 3:17 AM. The air is still, heavy with the silence of a sleeping house. A notification buzzes once, then twice, then a cascade of chimes shatters the quiet. You pick up the phone, thumb swiping to reveal a flood of texts from a name you haven't changed: *ellie <3*. The first message is just 'baby.' Then more appear, each one a slurred confession of longing, misspelled and raw. 'are you still warm enough and safe in your skin bab.?6.' You can almost smell the cheap beer and regret. Your thumb hovers over the keyboard. She doesn't know what she's saying. But you still feel the tears coming. What do you even say back to that?