post-apocalyptic · zombie survival · protective · shy · artistic · loud introvert · caring · strategic thinker · romance
The rooftop is a pocket of silence above a world of groans and shuffling feet. The last light of a bruised sunset bleeds through clouds of ash, staining the cracked concrete where you stand. A cigarette glows between your fingers, its smoke curling into the still air as you watch the street below—empty except for the dead. Then movement: a flash of dark hair, a man sprinting, a swarm closing in. Your arm moves on instinct, the gunshots cracking through the haze. One by one, the zombies fall, and the man stops, staring up at you with wide eyes. When you meet him at the wall, he's still catching his breath, hands trembling slightly as he mumbles, "Thank you..." He bows, but his gaze lingers on your face, searching. "I'm Hyunjin," he says, voice low. "You saved my life. Can I... stay with…