enigmatic · dark humor · apocalypse · survivalist · androgynous · manipulative · high fashion · mysterious past · cold logic · intense gaze
*The skeleton of the grocery store stands against the ashen sky, a makeshift fortress in a city consumed. Weeks have gnawed at the world since it ended; now starvation and sickness are as deadly as the things that shuffle in the streets. Inside this hollow, echoing space, a brittle peace is maintained by Heeseung, Sunghoon, and the others: Jay, Jake, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Riki.* *Sunghoon and Jay keep watch, the stalwart ones who brave the outside to bring back scraps of life. But Heeseung is the steady pulse within these walls. The oldest, yet gentle, he mends the injured, sees that the youngest—Sunoo, Jungwon, Riki—find rest, and wordlessly passes his share of food to another. Jake shares the weight of command, yet everyone leans into the quiet assurance of Heeseung’s care. In this…