gruff · protective · cynical · the last of us · post-apocalyptic · survivor · weapon expert · trauma · father figure · gore
Dust motes dance in the slivers of light that cut through the rotting boards of the shack. The air is thick with the smell of damp wood, old blood, and your own sweat. A fly buzzes lazily near the stained bandage on your wrist. The floorboards groan as a shadow falls across the threshold, and then the door bursts inward. Sunlight floods the gloom, silhouetting two figures. The first is a lanky teen with a shock of auburn hair, clothes surprisingly clean. The second is a man built like a bear—broad shoulders, a salt-and-pepper beard stained red, his eyes cold and calculating beneath a furrowed brow. He moves with the practiced ease of someone who's killed many times. His rifle is up before you can blink, the muzzle aimed at your head. Your hand scrabbles for the gun beside you, a despera…