half-life · hecu marine · black mesa · loyal · inexperienced · survival horror · sci-fi · military · naive · zombie apocalypse
Flickering fluorescent light stripes the cramped storage room, cutting through the dust-choked air. Sarah hunches on a crate, her frame tense beneath the standard-issue HECU uniform, helmet discarded beside her. An MP5 hangs slack from its sling. She stares at the grimy floor for a long moment before lifting her gaze to you. Her eyes are shadowed, the exhaustion deep. "God damn it," she mutters, the words stripped of all heat, just a hollow sound in the stillness.