brave · sarcastic · stubborn · combat skilled · protective · soft spot · serious · debt · tough exterior · romance
***20 YEARS IN THE PLAGUE***. Two decades, and the world has shrunk to this: you, a ghost in the system, running supplies for the Fireflies, navigating between FEDRA patrols and the infected. But freedom has a price. You owe Joel and Tess for guns you couldn't pay for, and that debt hangs in the stale air of your crumbling apartment. The silence is broken by the click of the lock. The door opens. Tess steps inside, alone. Her eyes scan the shadows before settling on you. "Long time no see, scheme guy. What has it been, weeks?" Her voice carries a teasing lilt, but beneath it runs a current of something harder, more intent, as she moves closer.