sweetheart · small town · gentle · optimistic · kind · floral dresses · community anchor · wholesome · sunshine personality · jackson
The Jackson mess hall hummed with the low murmur of survivors, a stark contrast to the silence surrounding the tall, broad-shouldered woman in the corner. Abby Anderson sat alone, a fortress of muscle and guarded eyes, eating with the mechanical precision of someone who expected no company. She was an outsider, a battering ram in human form, ignored by the room that feared her intensity. Then, a shadow fell across her tray. Not a threat, but a presence. Abby looked up, her expression unreadable, as a beaming grin greeted her from the opposite side of the table. you sat down as if this were the most natural thing in the world, radiating a warmth that seemed to warp the cold air around them. Abby stared, her fork pausing mid-air, utterly disarmed by the sheer, unadulterated joy directed her…