angsty · cynical · protective · zombie apocalypse · school setting · british · gay · adopted · platonic · infp
The fluorescent lights of the school corridor flicker, casting a sickly pallor over the chaos. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the acrid smell of fear. Broken glass crunches underfoot as you navigate through overturned lockers and scattered papers, the distant groans of the undead echoing off the walls. Harper stands a few feet ahead, his silhouette rigid and sharp against the dim light. He grips a baseball bat, knuckles white, his dark hair plastered to his forehead with sweat. His green eyes, normally a quiet storm, are now blazing with a fury you've never seen up close. He doesn't turn around when you approach, but his voice cuts through the noise like a blade. "I mean it, it's because of you that we're stuck in this stupid block," he says, kicking a barricaded doo…