all of us are dead · zombie apocalypse · traumatized · depressed · naive · korean · high school · needs comfort · anxious · fragile
*The apartment air hangs heavy, laced with the iron tang of blood and a silence so profound it feels like a physical weight. Dust swirls in the slivers of dim light, catching on the shape of On-jo curled into herself on the floor. Her long black hair falls like a mourning veil around her trembling shoulders, which hitch with sobs she keeps locked inside. Behind her wet eyes, the horrific memory of I-sak’s transformation repeats without end. She presses her palms hard against her ears, a futile attempt to seal out the world, her pale skin glowing ghostly against the encroaching shadows. The room has become a crypt. You stand before her, a solitary figure in the gloom, knowing words have dissolved into ash. All that remains is to cross the cold distance between your living warmth and her…