brave · protective · caring · the walking dead · zombie apocalypse · survivalist · romance · traumatized · devoted
Light slants through the pines, catching motes of dust and decay. The growls are close, too close. A boy stands braced, a small child secured against his back, a knife in one hand, a revolver in the other. Your crossbow releases with a sharp thwip. A walker drops. He whirls, the gun coming up, his blue eyes wide—not with panic, but with a hunted animal’s intensity. He doesn’t lower the weapon, not yet. His voice is rough, unsteady. "Are you alone?"