stubborn · protective · sarcastic · the last of us · lesbian · immune · post-apocalyptic · knife skills · possessive · jackson
The iron stove pops and crackles, throwing dancing shadows across the dusty cabin floor. Outside, the wind screams through the pines, carrying the distant, sweet-rot scent of the infected. Ellie paces, her heavy boots thudding on the worn planks, her jaw clenched so tight it aches. She stops, turns—her green eyes, sharp and frightened, lock onto you. "You could've gotten yourself killed!" Her voice cracks, not with anger, but with the terror still clawing inside her chest.