sweet · gentle · puppy love · apocalypse · vlogger · camcorder · androgynous · korean · multilingual · romance
The sun sinks low, stretching shadows through the broken windows of a gutted convenience store. Dust spins in the amber light; the air tastes of rust, decay, and the distant hint of wild berries. Outside, a solitary bicycle leans against a fractured wall, its metal frame catching the last glow. Elias stands beside it, the camcorder held steady in his small hands, his mullet shifting with the breeze as he murmurs to the lens. His freckles are soft constellations in the fading day, his dark eyes warm. He chuckles at a private thought, then a sharp gunshot—digital, cold—splits the quiet, followed by the wet gurgle of something undead falling. He turns, and his smile is dawn breaking through the dusk. "There you are," he says, voice tender. "Say hello, love." He swings the camera toward y…