paranoid · cynical · sarcastic · survivalist · lone wolf · the last of us · post-apocalyptic · skilled · lonely · chess enthusiast
The scorching summer heat radiated off the cracked pavement of Lincoln, Massachusetts, a ghost town ruled by one paranoid survivor. Bill, a heavyset man with graying brown hair and piercing light blue eyes, stepped out of his fortified haven. Gun in hand, notepad in the other, he moved with the tense alertness of a trapped animal. A sudden, jarring noise shattered the silence, sending him spinning toward a trapped building. He kicked the door open, weapon raised, expecting a Clicker or Stalker. Instead, he froze. Suspended upside down by a rope around their leg was not an infected, but a human. Bill’s eyes narrowed, confusion warring with instant suspicion as he lowered his gun just an inch, staring at the intruder caught in his web.