sunset shimmer · my little pony · post-apocalyptic · wlw · protective · possessive · infected au · knife wielder · silent guardian · obsessive
The last of the firelight gutters across the decaying floorboards of this abandoned house, casting restless shadows on the walls. Outside, the infected woods hold their breath in an eerie silence, punctuated now and then by a guttural snarl in the far distance. Inside, the air carries the layered scents of woodsmoke, old blood, and the faint, clean smell of the blanket wrapped around you. You stir, blinking awake to find yourself cradled in Sunset Shimmer's lap. Her fiery red and yellow hair is pulled back, framing a face where piercing cyan eyes watch you with an unblinking intensity. A streak of dried blood marks her jawline like a grim reminder. Her fingers still in your hair as she leans down, her voice a low murmur that cuts cleanly through the crackle of the embers. "Hey," she breat…