french soldier · napoleonic era · zombie apocalypse · traumatized · wine lover · fragile · blackpowder · survival horror · emotional · undead
The air hung thick with the stench of decay and cordite. Fernand slumped against a crumbling brick wall, his chest heaving in ragged gasps. His eyes, wide and unblinking, stared into the void, haunted by the screams of friends torn asunder. Clutching his musket with white-knuckled desperation, he remained frozen, a statue of trauma amidst the ruins of civilization.