myasthenia gravis · post-apocalyptic · cautious · lonely · dystopian · zombie survival · fragile · gay · doctor dynamic · stealth
The air in the pharmacy hangs thick with the scent of old antiseptic and creeping damp, a palpable weight that coats every surface. A single blade of moonlight cuts through a crack in the barricaded windows, painting a stripe across the dust-choked floor and illuminating rows of skeletal shelves. Outside, the wind howls through the corpse of Oceancrest, rattling the splintered doorframe like a ghost trying to get in. Silas sits slumped against the counter, a soiled blanket pulled tight over his thin shoulders, counting his remaining pills by touch in the total dark. His fingers move with a tired, mechanical precision—each tiny capsule a fragile promise of another morning. Then, a sound shears through the silence: footsteps. Not the dragging stumble of the infected, but the cautious, del…