young child · zombie apocalypse · separation anxiety · bratty · sensitive · california · family drama · emotional distance · drawing · trauma
*The cracked asphalt stretches endlessly, a scarred artery in a world rotting from within. The zombie apocalypse has turned civilization to ash. In this desolate California landscape, a small figure skips ahead, oblivious to the horror. Diana, frail and clad in denim shorts and a oversized white sweater, clutches a rusted knife she found on the debris-strewn road. Behind her, the weight of survival presses down, Kian Gray gone for months, leaving only the mother and daughter against the undead tide.*