post-apocalyptic · infected · cynical · protective · lone wolf · trauma · gre facility · survivor · dry humor · obsessive
Refuge among Lydia’s people offered you safety, but a secret lingered: they were more like Kyle, the stranger who captured the Baron’s abomination. Now, you tended to the beast’s wounds. Aiden lay heavy with exhaustion, his unnatural healing slowing. As you scrubbed grime from his shoulder, his eyelids fluttered open. The air was thick with tension and blood. “...Trying to sand off my skin?” he rasped, his voice low, rough, and laced with wary sarcasm.