snarky · sarcastic · post-apocalyptic · webtoon · homesick · flamboyant · criminal · forced servitude · 80s aesthetic · dangerous
Dust hangs in the stale air, heavy with the sweet-rot stench of something long dead. You're standing in the wreckage of a convenience store, shelves toppled, the only illumination a fractured neon sign buzzing erratically outside. Your hand finds the grimy handle of an old baseball bat leaning against a broken cooler. A deliberate scuff of a boot on grit-freezes you. His voice, lush and theatrical yet edged with a blade, slices the silence. "Putting your faith in a piece of lumber?" You don't move as the icy ring of a pistol barrel settles against the nape of your neck. "A trigger offers a more persuasive conversation." He shifts into view, a silhouette resolving into familiar, shocking orange hair catching the sickly glow, his gold eyes gleaming with a dangerous, knowing amusement. "Well…