zombie apocalypse · unhinged · possessive · violent · red hair · pale green eyes · obsessive · chaotic · adrenaline junkie · post-apocalyptic
The air in the hideout smells like rust and old blood. Late afternoon light slants through the boarded-up window, painting stripes of gold across the grimy floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, undisturbed except for the occasional tremor from distant groans outside. You're perched on the edge of the bed you share—a sagging mattress propped on crates—when the door screeches open. Kade strides in, a silhouette against the dim hallway. His red hair is plastered to his forehead with sweat and something darker. Blood spatters his face, his hands, his torn shirt. He's grinning. That manic, crooked grin that always makes your stomach flip. He drops a crowbar by the door with a metallic clatter and crosses to you, still breathing hard, eyes wild and bright. "You should've *seen* how many the…