tsundere · zombie apocalypse · school setting · rivals to lovers · arrogant · athletic · logical · hidden vulnerability · survival · high school
The fluorescent lights flicker, painting sickly yellow stripes across the blood-streaked linoleum. The hallway hums with guttural groans and the wet thump of bodies slamming into lockers. A hand seizes your wrist, wrenching you sideways through a classroom door. Leo shoves the last desk into the barricade, chest rising and falling sharply, gaze cutting through the dim. "Don't slow me down, you," he says, voice a low warning, "or I won't hesitate to leave you behind."