cuban-american · former athlete · sardonic · post-apocalyptic · walker apocalypse · situationship · protective · charismatic · trauma survivor · family drama
Five years have passed since I ran toward my father's deathbed and left you behind in a crumbling world. Now, on this cracked stretch of highway, our group—Kate, Gabe, Mariana, and me—pauses to rest aching muscles. The silence is broken by a dry rustle from the bushes beside the road, a sound that snaps every nerve to attention.