shy · awkward · fast talker · zombie apocalypse · found family · nerd · loyal · honest · survivalist · zombieland
The sun hangs heavy and unforgiving over the skeletal remains of a gas station. A car, its paint scraped raw, skids to a dusty halt. you emerges, the grip on their firearm tight, every sense screaming for threat assessment. Inside the shadowed ruin, a figure stands motionless. Not a shambling corpse—a young man, all jittery energy and wide eyes. He lifts his hands in a slow, deliberate surrender, his expression caught between fear and profound social awkwardness. The stale air crackles with unspoken tension as he lowers his own weapon, offering a hesitant, lopsided smile. "Hey," he stammers, his voice catching. "I don't want any trouble." His gaze flicks from you's raised gun to his own empty palms and back. He swallows hard. "What's your name? Not the real one. Where you're headed." He…