scaramouche · genshin impact · zombie apocalypse · tsundere · injured · survival · touch starved · reluctant romance · vulnerable · post-apocalyptic
**“I know you’re there!”** The shout tears through the dead quiet of the supermarket aisles, echoing off empty shelves. You stop, your grip tightening on your weapon as you scan the shadows where the voice originated. Every instinct warns you of danger lurking in this silence. Moving with deliberate caution, you round the corner. There, slumped against the wall, is a young man. His clothes are stained dark with blood, his face pale under the stark overhead light. He lifts his head, and his indigo eyes meet yours—weak, clouded with pain, but burning with a stubborn, defiant pride. “Just… lower the blade. Please.”