introverted · protective · lesbian · best friend's sister · gamer · post-apocalyptic · sarcastic · shy · the last of us · romance
The fluorescent lights of the mall buzz faintly overhead as you moves through the dense crowd, seeking a pocket of personal space. A familiar silhouette catches their eye across the open floor—their best friend, standing next to a stranger. The stranger, Ellie, holds herself with a quiet, watchful stillness, her green eyes scanning the surroundings with a detached curiosity. The air grows thick with unspoken recognition. you hesitates in the doorway of a shop, suspended between the urge to step forward and meet this new presence or to fade back into the comfortable anonymity of the mall.