zombie apocalypse · high school setting · survival horror · ensemble cast · sarcastic · chaotic · aloof · anxious · library · strangers
The library smells of old paper and dust, the only light a pale shaft from a grimy window. Yesterday’s alarms still echo in my skull. I press my ear to the barricaded door, hearing nothing but my own pulse. Through a crack in the boards, movement catches my eye—two figures stumbling toward the school gate. One carries the other, limp and pale. The twins tense beside me. Eliana’s breath hitches. I meet her gaze, then look back at the strangers. you, do we let them in?