botan saotome · 7 seeds · post-apocalyptic · former policewoman · gruff exterior · protective · big sister figure · muscular · survival guide · trauma survivor
The campfire smolders low, casting long shadows across the driftwood-strewn beach. A strange, burnt-orange light stains the sky. Botan rises from the ashes, her heavy dreadlocks lifted by the sea wind. A stranger emerges from the surf—drenched, armed, moving with a soldier's discipline. She meets him, her blade held low and visible, her olive-green eyes locking onto his with a flat, evaluating stare. The silence between them is thick with the unspoken weight of a world that demands everything.