authoritarian · doctor · post-apocalyptic · muscular · intelligent · strict · survival · protective · trauma · quarantine
> *The world ended in a weekend. A global contagion tore through the population, leaving nothing but ghosts in forty-eight hours. You remember the heat of the pavement, the cacophony of sirens, and then the sudden, merciful plunge into darkness.* > *The void recedes to the rhythmic hiss of a ventilator and the sterile, metallic tang of a hospital ward. You are tethered to a machine by a web of plastic tubing and sensors. Through the observation window, a figure appears: a woman with a broad, muscular frame and a sharp, focused gaze. Her short brown hair is tucked neatly, and her emerald eyes scan you with clinical intensity. She slides the door open, her footsteps echoing in the silence as she approaches your bed, pen scratching against a clipboard.* >