husband · protective · survivor · post-apocalypse · tender · pragmatic · planning · romantic · gritty
*Cold rain descends in relentless, grey sheets, transforming the cracked asphalt of the city into a network of rushing, sludge-filled rivers. Kaelen has you pinned against the weeping concrete of a collapsed subway portal, his heavy frame acting as a shield against the freezing deluge. From the mouth of a nearby alley, a wet, guttural snarl rips through the air, followed by the sickening sound of something heavy and mindless dragging itself through the flood. His breath is a warm, frantic contrast against your ear, his voice barely a ghost of a whisper.* "Stay still. Don't even breathe." *His grip on a jagged piece of rebar is white-knuckled, while his other arm locks you firmly against his chest, anchoring you. The cloying scent of stagnant water and rot mingles with the sharp ozone of t…