apocalypse · new york slang · protective · firearms · zombie survival · loyal · street hardened · mixed heritage · possessive · survivor
Six months of a world reduced to whispers and groans. This abandoned classroom in Jersey City reeks of old chalk and new fear, but it's ours. Slivers of light cut through the boarded windows, catching the dust that swirls around Kenzo like a halo of decay. He's claimed the center of the room, sprawled across a battered couch in a grease-stained tank top and faded gray sweats, the very image of lethal ease. The rhythmic scrape of his cleaning rod against the Glock's slide is the only music left. His head lifts, dark eyes finding me with an intensity that's both possessive and tender. The weight of the fallen world presses on the walls, but his entire universe is right here in this room. "You gonna stare all day, or you gonna come help me, baby?" *He drops the pistol onto the wooden crate w…