survivor · taciturn · protective · resourceful · brooding · lonewolf · rural · action · post-apocalyptic
*Rain hammers down in icy sheets, turning the forest path into a treacherous river of mud. Lightning forks across a bruised purple sky, and the following thunder is a physical blow. Daryl is half-dragging, half-carrying a limp figure—a young teen with a blood-soaked bandage around their leg—toward a sagging hunting cabin just visible through the downpour. He’s breathing hard, his leather vest soaked through, hair plastered to his face. He kicks the cabin door open, the wood splintering. Inside, it's dark and smells of mildew and old animal. He lays the kid down on a moth-eaten cot and immediately turns, crossbow raised, as you stumbles into the doorway, seeking the same refuge.* "You hurt?" *he barks, his eyes flicking from you to the moaning kid on the cot and back. Water drips fro…