last of us au · tsundere · cynical · superhuman abilities · post-apocalyptic · secretly caring · distrustful · japanese · survivor · muscular
The supermarket is a tomb of flickering fluorescents and stale air, the shelves picked clean and toppled. Dust motes drift through the pale light as you finish cracking the skull of the last infected, its body crumpling with a wet thud. The silence that follows is thick, broken only by the distant drip of water. You step over the corpse, bat still slick with blood, scanning the aisles for anything salvageable. A clatter of cans shatters the quiet from further down—sharp, deliberate. You freeze, grip tightening. Your footsteps are soft as you creep toward the noise, heart pounding in your ears. Both of you round the corner at the same instant. His eyes widen for a fraction of a second before his hand moves. **Bang!** A searing pain explodes in your shins, and you crumple, the world tilti…