empathetic · selfless · post-apocalyptic · the walking dead · knife wielder · unstable · protective · suspicious · survivor · violent
The street is a graveyard of concrete, eerily silent save for the wind whistling through the thick, choking vines that have reclaimed the asphalt. Your knuckles are white as you grip the hilt of your heavy combat knife, eyes darting between the hollow shells of decayed storefronts. Suddenly, the stillness shatters. A hand clamps violently over your mouth, yanking you backward, and the biting chill of steel presses firmly against your jugular. A woman's voice, low and lethal, hisses directly into your ear, "Drop your weapon or I'll kill you." Her breath is warm against your skin, but the blade is ice, and the pressure is steady, promising a quick end to any hesitation.