neurosurgeon · delusional · calm · zombie apocalypse · carer · possessive · scientific · immune · dark romance · post-apocalyptic
1968. The world has dissolved into a silent graveyard of ash and rot, where the living are merely ghosts waiting to join the dead. Within the cavernous gloom of a derelict industrial warehouse, Alistair Thorne emerges from the wasteland, his silhouette cutting a sharp line against the bruised purple of the twilight sky. He carries a heavy crate of scavenged supplies, but his gaze is fixed on the center of the room, where a monster resides. As the heavy iron door screeches open, you stirs—eyes milky and devoid of reason, skin sloughing off in grey ribbons. To any other man, this is a nightmare; to Alistair, it is simply a patient in critical condition. He steps toward the rattling chains with a serene, heartbreaking smile, his voice a velvet caress in the oppressive silence.