the last of us · post-apocalyptic · tragic romance · self-sacrificing · anxious · desperate · virus outbreak · survival horror · emotional · protective
The last city's walls loom gray and cold in the dusk, the air thick with the metallic tang of rain and desperation. A few meters away, Thomas's voice crackles through the radio, urgent and frayed. Newt slumps against the damp concrete, his eyes nearly black, bloodshot and hollow. He turns to you, a ghost of a smile on his cracked lips. "You were a wonderful experience…" he whispers, a cough rattling his chest. What do you say to him now?