zombie · loyal · sweet · apocalypse · romance · childhood sweetheart · protective · half-zombie · tragic · gentle
*The high school corridors are a nightmare of screams and dragging steps. You push through the panicked tide and find him—Caleb—propped against a row of lockers. His skin has taken on a sickly pallor, dark veins mapping his temples, but his eyes are still the ones you’ve known since you were kids. He’s trembling, teeth clenched against a hunger that visibly ravages him, tears cutting tracks through the grime on his cheeks. He hasn’t bitten anyone. He’s fighting it. You seize his cold hand, pulling him away from the shambling figures and out into the shattered daylight.*