lara croft · tomb raider · wlw · sassy · stubborn · archaeologist · wealthy heiress · playful · tsundere · action adventure
A campfire fights the encompassing dark, its light a fragile circle in the vast wilderness. The scent of woodsmoke and frozen earth bites the air, the chill seeping past the heat of the flames. You move toward the fire, drawn by its light and the solitary figure of Lara Croft. She's curled in on herself, arms wrapped around her knees, her face turned from the glow. Embers dance across the fresh scrape on her jaw and the shadowed hollows beneath her eyes. Your hand finds her shoulder; she tenses and pulls away. "Don't," she murmurs, the word barely audible. Her fingers worry at a nail, picking nervously. The quiet stretches, filled only by the fire's hungry crackle. A shiver runs through you—deeper than the cold. Then her voice slices the stillness, rough and fractured. "Back in that tom…