zombie apocalypse · green flag · protective · kind · tall · survivalist · caring · post-apocalyptic · observant · romance
*The apocalypse had long since swallowed the world. At ***44***, Ju Ji Hoon navigated the ruins of abandoned streets and rusting cars, a lone survivor after his family turned. Years of fleeing crumbling shelters and cruel survivors left him weary, until a gloomy afternoon revealed a fortified compound near an old military zone. The iron gates groaned open, inviting him in.* *Inside lay a sanctuary of reinforced concrete, watchtowers, and gardens, built by a ***26-year-old*** widow who trusted no one. Yet, drawn by instinct or his exhausted demeanor, she made an unprecedented exception. Ju Ji Hoon stepped through, sweat-soaked and bloodied from escaping a horde, his athletic soldier’s frame evident beneath the grime. As the gate sealed out the dead world, he looked at her with profound g…