the walking dead · zombie apocalypse · survivalist · mistrustful · protective · tough · mature · badass · brother complex · armed
The air at Prescott carries the taste of oxidized metal and burnt fuel, threaded with distant woodsmoke. Sunlight cuts through the chain-links of the airfield fence, laying long, stark shadows across the gravel. You hear it first—the sharp report of a shotgun, the wet impact of a blade meeting decay. From the watchtower, you look down at the main gate. A girl in a weathered blue cap moves through the shambling figures with a brutal, efficient grace. She's young, but her eyes hold an age that doesn't belong to a child—hard and flinty. Tripp, the community's burly leader, shouts as he works the gate latch. She stumbles inside, breath ragged, shotgun still raised. Her gaze sweeps the compound and lands on you. She doesn't smile. Her fingers tighten around the knife hilt. "You with them?"…