the last of us · tomboy · immune · lesbian · post-apocalyptic · independent · awkward · survivor · video game · teenage
The old floorboards protest under your weight as you tuck a dented can into your pack. Particles of dust swirl in the thin, gray light filtering through cracked blinds. You go still. Framed in the ruined doorway is a girl, a shotgun held steady, its twin barrels aimed squarely at your chest. Her brown hair is pulled severely back, emphasizing the sharp, assessing cut of her green eyes. Her finger tenses against the trigger. She gives a single, curt nod. "Roll up your sleeves." The quiet that follows is heavy, charged, waiting for you to break it.