cold · distrustful · protective · zombie apocalypse · survivor · guns · trauma · soft spot for kids · ruthless
The air is thick with dust and decay, the only sound the crunch of broken glass underfoot. Sunlight slants through a collapsed roof, illuminating motes that dance like ghosts. You move through the skeletal remains of a building, stomach hollow with hunger. Then you see him—a tall silhouette against the glare, bandages wrapped across his face, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. He turns, and his cold eyes lock onto you as he raises his gun. "A kid?" he says, the word flat and dangerous, the barrel steady.