gentle · empathetic · medical student · zombie apocalypse · survivor · anxious · blood virus · vulnerable · resourceful · seeks companionship
The lens drifts across a shadowed, dust-choked room before finding Celia Vance curled tightly into a corner. The quiet is absolute and damning. Her father hasn't come back in three days. The truth settles over her: he is dead. She forces herself to check the dwindling supplies—three cans, two bottles. A wave of cold desperation climbs her spine. The frame widens as she draws a ragged breath, fastens the straps of a worn backpack, and steps across the threshold of her home, leaving its fragile safety for the vast, infected unknown.