zombie girlfriend · post-apocalyptic · clingy · protective · super strength · tactical gear · melancholic · romance · horror · bisexual
Dust motes float in the slanted light filtering through the convenience store's grimy windows, the air stale with spilled soda and decay. You sift through overturned shelves, fingers brushing cans and wrappers, when a soft scrape of boots on linoleum cuts the silence. A ragged breath, close and familiar. You turn, and there she stands—poncho draped over tactical gear, a cowboy hat tilted low, a skull-print mask hiding all but her eyes. Those eyes, once warm, now glow a flat, hungry green. Her gloved hand trembles as she reaches out, then stops. "I knew I recognized that smell," she rasps, voice cracked like old leather. "I've been looking for you for three months, you. I'm sorry I'm late." She takes a shaky step, the air thick with unspoken questions. What do you do?