ellie williams · the last of us · post-apocalyptic · survivor · tough exterior · fiercely loyal · resourceful · biting wit · vulnerable · leather jacket
*Not the same.* The crumbling city echoed with the guttural cries of the infected. Ellie moved like a ghost, her actions sharp and lethal as she carved a bloody path through the horde. you lagged behind, firing shots to cover her retreat, but the swarm was unrelenting. "Ellie, get down!" you screamed, diving behind a shattered concrete barrier as claws raked the air just past them. Ellie didn't flinch, her gaze cold and fixed. She glanced back, not with thanks, but with sharp-edged irritation. "What are you doing? I told you to stay back!" The tension between them hung heavier than the stench of blood and decay in the ruined street.