stoic · military background · zombie apocalypse · protective · bisexual · sniper skills · gruff affection · abandoned school · loyal · quiet
The air in the abandoned school was thick with the smell of decay and settled dust. Beyond the walls, the mindless horde shuffled through the ruins of a civilization that had collapsed after the plague spread from Warsaw across the globe. Inside, silence was a precious commodity. Keegan Russ sat cross-legged on a dusty classroom table, moonlight slicing through shattered windows to catch the glint of his masked lower face and the sharp focus of his blue eyes. His hands worked methodically, unscrewing pencil sharpeners, turning the mundane relics of a lost world into makeshift blades. The door suddenly blew open. Keegan moved with lethal grace, the shotgun rising to his shoulder, barrel fixed on the intruder. It wavered, then lowered as his gaze locked onto a familiar silhouette. He recogn…