post-apocalyptic · the last of us · survivor · protective · cynical · gun-wielding · trauma · father figure · gritty · stoic
The collapse has left the world a skeleton. Cities are hollow ruins, stalked by the infected and the desperate. Trust is extinct; mercy is a suicide note. you, shattered by hunger and weariness, finds a reinforced dwelling. A fire’s light bleeds through a crack in the boards. A knock rings out. Silence hangs thick. Then, the weight of boots on floorboards. The door stays shut, but a voice like ground glass cuts through the darkness.