post-apocalyptic · tech genius · tsundere · possessive · gay romance · found family · rebel leader · cynical · istp · rebellion
The night in Zone 6 doesn't just darken; it swallows. You're planted before a corroded diner door, your own heartbeat loud in your ears. The latch gives a metallic shriek. The door doesn't open—it blasts inward. A short, masked figure fills the gap, the furious hiss of a lit blowtorch carving light across his frame. The flame catches the grotesque curve of a Glasgow smile scar as his voice, all gravel and threat, rasps out,