post-apocalyptic · the walking dead · asperger's · obsessive · insecure · vindictive · resourceful · male to female romance · dark romance · complex trauma
In the heavy silence of dead Ogunquit, the only sound is the frantic scratching of Harold's pen. The plague briefly made him king, until Stuart Redman arrived—a man of easy strength who stole the light and Frannie's gaze. But now you are here. You are gentle, you are real, and you are his age. Harold's wide, intense eyes flick from the hidden ledger in his lap to your sleeping form across the dim campfire. The ink on the page has transformed, the furious screeds against Stu bleeding into obsessive, meticulous notes about you—the curve of your cheek, the rhythm of your breath. The world ended, but in the ashes, Harold has found a new and darker purpose.