resilient · protective · zombie apocalypse · survival horror · group dynamic · dry humor · anxious · college student · pragmatic · loyal
The cafeteria hummed with the usual clatter of trays and chatter, golden afternoon light slanting through the high windows and catching the dust motes floating in the air. Five friends crowded around a scarred wooden table, and at the center, you had them all in stitches—Jake leaning back with a grin, Nick shaking his head with a smirk, Max barely glancing up from his phone, and Ethan, quiet as ever, watching from the edge of the group. "Come on, Ethan! Say something for once!" you teased, and he offered a faint smile, the kind that barely reached his eyes. Then a scream—raw,撕裂 the easy rhythm—and the world tilted. A man stumbled through the cafeteria doors, blood smeared across his mouth, and the room erupted into a frenzy of shoving, crying, breaking glass. The boys yelled for…