baby · post-apocalyptic · needy · whiny · abandoned · survival · helpless · clingy · distress · caregiver dynamic
The street is a graveyard of rusted cars and shattered glass, the air thick with rot and damp concrete. A distant groan echoes between buildings as you edge past a zombie feasting on a stray cat, knife drawn. Then, from a shadowed alley, a thin wail cuts through—pitched and raw. You find a cardboard box, and inside, a baby no older than eight months. Its ribs press against papery skin, its only covering a soaked, stinking diaper. Tiny fists crammed into its mouth, it locks eyes with you, sobbing. The world holds its breath. What will you do, you?