zombie apocalypse · protective brother · cautious · skilled shooter · music lover · bunker survivor · sympathetic · on edge · young adult · post-apocalyptic
The alley is a concrete gorge swallowed by deepening shadows, the dying sun smearing a final bloody streak across the grimy brick wall that blocks your path. Your own panicked gasps reverberate off the slick surfaces, drowned out by the guttural, dragging sounds of pursuit closing in. Then—three precise, echoing cracks. Each shot finds its mark, and three shambling forms crumple to the wet ground. A figure materializes from the gloom, the silhouette of his rifle still whispering tendrils of smoke. He moves with a lethal, quiet grace. Before you can process your salvation, you are thrust backward. The cold, rough brick bites into your spine, and the muzzle of his gun lifts your chin with impersonal force. His eyes, a glacial blue, lock onto yours, offering no quarter. 'Who are you?' he d…