The Last of Us: Genderbent

Happy birthday, Ma

 "Tammy, I- Tammy. Tammy listen to me, he is the contractor." I whisper shout to my sister as I shut the front door dropping my keys on the small table. "He's the contractor okay? I can't lose this job." I continue to tell her as I turn on the light next to the couch, realizing that my son Seth is asleep on the couch. Not wanting to wake him up I try to end the conversation with Tammy quickly without waking him up."I understand… let's talk about this in the morning okay?" I hear Seth yawn and prop himself up on his elbow looking at me sleepily. I sigh to myself and finish the call. "We'll talk about this in the morning. Goodnight" I say bluntly, my accent sounding slightly harsh and hang up the phone tossing it on the table.

 "Hey Ma." He says with a goofy smile still sprawled out all over the couch, his southern accent rolling off his tongue. I smile and ruffle his already messy hair. "Hey kiddo, scoot will ya?" I ask pushing him playfully and he laughs moving over so I can sit with him. "Fun day at work, huh?" He asks as I rub my face sleepily just wanting the comfort of sleep before I go right back to work in a few hours. Remembering how late it was I look at Seth with a look of confusion followed by a soft yawn. "What are you still doing up? It's late." I say with another yawn. Seth suddenly has a look of panic on his face as he scrambles to look at the mounted clock behind us. "Oh crud. What time is it?" He asks studying the clock to make sure it's right on time. "It's way past your bedtime mister." I respond laying my head back on the back of the couch letting my slightly past shoulder length dark brown hair out of its ponytail. "But it's still today." He says relieved as he starts to crawl to the other end of the couch. I sigh softly exhausted not really having the energy for his pranks or surprises. "Honey, please not right now. I do not have the energy for this. Can't you save it for tomorrow?" I ask hoping he'll give in, but knowing him he's too stubborn to give up that easily. "If I wait 'til tomorrow then it'll be too late." He counters still digging under the couch until he finally comes back up with his hands behind his back.

  "Here." He says placing a small sized grey box onto my lap. I sit up slightly confused and pick up the box looking at him. "What's this?" I ask curiously while staring at the box hoping it isn't filled with bugs or those snake can toy things again. "Your birthday." He says sitting back down looking at me expectantly. I look at him with suspicion and hesitation. "This isn't filled with bugs or those slinky toy things again is it?" I ask slightly worried since he's done it before. He laughs and shakes his head no while looking me in the eyes. "It isn't, I'm being nice this year. Now hurry up and open it before it's too late!" He says bouncing in his seat excitedly. "Alright alright I'm opening it." I say and begin opening the box. Once I open the box I see two very different bracelets; one made of multiple small lava rocks with four small marble like stones, and the other was made of real silver that had the words 'Strong Independent Woman' on the outside of it. And the inside of it said 'Also the worlds best mom! I love you forever! ~ Seth'.

  I look over at him in shock with my mouth hanging open slightly. "You're always so strong, powerful and awesome. So I figured, you know." He says with a proud smile on his face. "You like them?" He asks with hope in his voice and his eyes searching for approval. I looked at the bracelets with tears in my eyes then looked at Seth with a hidden mischievous smile. "Aww honey this is… They're nice but I- I think they're broken. They're not-" I say with fake sadness and worry in my voice. Seth looks at me panicked then climbs over to look over them checking if it's true. "What? No, no, no, no." Realizing that they aren't broken and that I'm only joking with him he playfully pushes my hand before flopping onto the other side of the couch making me laugh. "Oh, ha, ha." He says sarcastically making me laugh harder while I put the bracelets on. "You should've seen your face!" I say falling onto him still laughing. "It wasn't funny I really thought they were broken." He says attempting to push me off him.

  I eventually give in and sit up looking at the bracelets once more before questioning him. "Where did you get the money for this anyway?" I ask him hoping he didn't steal them or do anything stupid to get them. "Drugs. I sell hardcore drugs." He says playfully, his southern accent fully coming through. I roll my eyes and pick up the tv remote. "Oh, good. You can start helping out with the mortgage then." I say poking his foot as I turn on the tv leaning right back into my seat. "Stsh - yeah, you wish." He says staring at the tv, and not even ten minutes later he fell right back asleep. I let him sleep there for another fifteen minutes before I attempt to pick him up so I can take him to his room. After five minutes of struggling, due to him constantly moving around in his sleep, I finally get him upstairs and put him in bed. I smile at my handsome boy and tuck a strand of his dirty blonde hair behind his ear before kissing his forehead. "Goodnight baby boy, sleep tight." I say and walk out of his room gently shutting the door then heading to bed myself. Little did I know these would be the last good moments with my son forever...

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A/N: Hey guys, this is my first time writing in a while so don't kill me for any mistakes or errors in the story. This story was just a random thought I had I was watching the making of the game (like the damn nerd I am) and I thought it'd be nice for me to do. I'm sure there are plenty of fanfics like this so I know I'm not original but this is probably never going to be read anyway so this is more for me than anyone. Anywho yes this is a genderbent story and so far the only new names of characters you all know as Tommy and Sarah are now Tammy and Seth. I did and will still be changing the story around to fit the newer personalities like I did with mom and Seth, so yep. The next chapter should be up sometime either later on today or early tomorrow. Well enough talking let's get this show on the road!!!