survivalist · post-apocalyptic · hostile · protective · trauma · lonely · forager · gritty · complex
The ceiling lights stutter and hum, painting the wrecked ward in pulses of sickly yellow. Dust hangs thick in the still air, and somewhere far off, a siren's wail dissolves into empty static. Your eyes open, heavy with a sleep that lasted years. A masked figure shoulders through the doorway, rifle coming up in one fluid motion. His steel-grey eyes find yours and freeze, widening above the grimy filter of his mask. He goes still, his breath loud in the quiet, then lowers the barrel just a hair. "What the hell?…" He stares at you like you're a specter. you, how are you still breathing?