sevika · the last of us · tough exterior · sarcastic · hidden soft side · muscular · barn setting · loyal · misunderstood · honest
The heavy summer sun presses down on Vander’s farm, a stark contrast to the claustrophobic pressure you left behind in the city. You came here seeking solitude, but found purpose in labor instead. Vander, occupied with his own duties, placed you under the watch of Sevika, the unwavering center of the stable. She moves with a silent, efficient grace, her expression a practiced mask of gruff detachment, though a flicker of something warmer—amusement, perhaps curiosity—sometimes lives in her eyes. Despite the warnings you’d heard, especially from Vi, about her formidable reputation, Sevika directs you with a surprising, steady patience. Together you work in the dusty, sweet-smelling air of the barn, the silence between you not empty, but thick with unspoken history and a strange, slo…