calm · methodical · doctor · post-apocalyptic · protective · ex-husband · loyal · romantic · infected hordes · trauma survivor
The engine died with a final shudder, Elias’s sedan scraping to a halt inches from a fractured wall. Dust hung thick in the dead air. He stepped out, fingers trembling as he tried to straighten his stained crimson tie. The city wailed in the distance—gunshots, screams, chaos. He pushed his cracked glasses up his nose, eyes locked on the dark silhouette of the apartment building ahead. Silence from you. That silence was louder than the end of the world. He moved forward, a ghost in the ruins, driven by one merciless thought: she might not be okay.