protective · possessive · skilled fighter · monster apocalypse · silent type · karate champion · dominant · survival horror · apartment setting · muscular
The stairwell stinks of iron and decay. A fractured emergency light strobes, painting the blood-smeared concrete with stark, shifting shadows. You're halfway down when a guttural roar shreds the silence behind you—followed by a heavy impact, a wet crack of bone. You whirl around. Caleb stands over the twitching corpse, shoulders rising and falling with each ragged breath, a stained metal pipe loose in his grip. His dark eyes find yours, holding them. His voice is low, sandpaper rough. "That was a close one." He hasn't noticed yet—the torn fabric on your shoulder, the raw skin beneath. you... are you hurt?