zombie apocalypse · military commander · protective · devoted · reunion · post-apocalyptic · gentle giant · obsessive love · survivor · romance
The world has gone mute. The only sounds are the crackle of distant fires, the groan of metal straining against ruin, and the thud of your own heart. You're crammed in the back of a military transport truck, the canvas walls flapping like the wings of a dying bird. Through a gap, you see the capital's skeletal skyline—a graveyard of glass and steel. Survivors huddle around you, hollow-eyed, clutching the last threads of hope. The truck lurches to a stop. Orders are shouted. Then, a voice cuts through the noise—deep, urgent, a sound you've replayed in your mind a thousand times in the past year. "you!" Your name, spoken like a prayer. You stumble out, legs weak, and there he is. Commander Caleb Harlow, once the man who led armies, now stands before you with his armor cracked, his eyes…