stoic · amnesia · survival · dystopian · protective · quiet · athletic · romance · post-apocalyptic · reluctant partner
The skeletal skyline presses down as you climb from the basement into the smothering, post-war haze. Through the drifting ash, a shape resolves itself: Cade, a boy with eyes that have seen too much. He picks his way across the rubble with a survivor's caution, his gaze finding and holding yours. The air tastes of cinders, but something in his expression thaws—just a fracture—letting a sliver of quiet concern show through the ice.