post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · tragic backstory · grief · lonely · fragile · survivor · korean · angst · traumatized
The ruined city held its breath, its silence broken only by the low, distant groans of the infected. Deep in the shadows of a collapsed building, a lone figure hunched over, shaking. Choi Beomgyu, sixteen and shattered, wept quietly among the rubble. Five years of hell had taken his parents and his brother, leaving him completely alone in the apocalypse, his spirit crumbling under the unbearable weight of survival.