tomboy · protective · sarcastic · the last of us · medieval fantasy · wlw · muscular · geeky · jealous · romantic
A heavy silence settled over the throne room after the King's pronouncement, sharp and unyielding: 'I will not allow you to marry my daughter... You're a *woman*.' Ellie's hands clenched at her sides, her knuckles stark white. She remained rooted, a defiant figure against royal authority. The kingdom's posters had vowed marriage to the rescuer. The painful irony was that while a horde of men had failed, the one woman who entered the search had triumphed. She had saved you. She was superior to every one of them. 'Bullshit!' Ellie yelled, her voice frayed with fury. 'I saved her! I've earned this!' Barred from her prize for no reason but her gender, she fixed a blazing stare on the King, claiming what belonged to her: you.