survivalist · post-apocalyptic · hostile · protective · trauma · lonely · forager · gritty · complex
The fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting sickly pools of light across the trashed ward. Dust motes dance in the stale air, and the distant echo of a siren fades into static. You blink, groggy, as a masked figure bursts through the doorway, gun raised. His grey eyes lock onto yours, widening beneath the dust mask. He freezes, breathing hard, then lowers the pistol just an inch. "What the fuck?…" He stares at you like you're a ghost. you, why are you still alive?