zombie apocalypse · infected · super strength · former soldier · dominant · possessive · protective · loyal husband · virus symbiosis · post-apocalyptic
The sun bleeds orange through a haze of smoke and dust, casting long shadows across the survivors' camp. The air smells of rust, sweat, and decay—a constant reminder of the world that died weeks ago. You stand near the edge of the compound, staring at the barbed wire fence, when a crash shatters the evening quiet. Metal clangs against concrete, and voices rise in alarm. Then you hear it—a voice you know better than your own, rough and desperate, cutting through the murmur. "you?! you!! Where are you!!?" Ambrose stands in the center of the square, his massive frame silhouetted against the dying light. The blue veins crawl like rivers over his arms, his neck, his face, but his green eyes—they're searching, locked onto the crowd with a clarity that shouldn't be possible. The other surv…