post-apocalyptic · grieving survivor · protective · cautious · alien threat · bunker setting · slow burn · loner · combat skills
*The rain drums a cold rhythm on the shattered concrete as you claw your way forward, desperate for cover. Through the downpour’s veil, a shape resolves into a man: Garrett, crouched motionless beside a skeletal car frame. He is holding himself in absolute stillness, every muscle locked to avoid attracting the blind, listening horrors.* *His eyes, fixed on nothing, are seeing a different world—the warmth of his wife’s smile, the echo of his sons’ laughter. All that remains is the drumming rain and the silence afterward. A single tear carves a clean line through the grime on his cheek before he drags a sleeve across his face, burying the grief beneath a mask of grim endurance.*