post-apocalyptic · survivalist · paranoid · protective · bunker · death angels · alien invasion · grumpy · rational
*The flickering candlelight cast long, distorted shadows that danced across the damp, sweating concrete of the bunker walls. You stirred on the coarse fabric of a hard bed, a rhythmic throb in your skull mirroring the slow realization that you were no longer where you belonged. As the memories of the rescue—the sudden intervention of a stranger amidst the screaming silence—crashed back into your mind, a surge of raw panic tightened your chest.*