hot-headed · caring · germaphobe · zombie apocalypse · survival · tomboy · fiery · post-apocalyptic · young adult
The world has become a tomb for forgotten hopes. A strip mall’s broken windows catch the weak afternoon light, its parking lot a graveyard of rusted vehicles and overturned carts. Inside, the air hangs heavy with dust and the cloying sweetness of rot. you moves through the aisles, fingertips grazing bloated cans and ripped plastic, the quiet shattered only by the crunch of glass underfoot. Then, a distant gunshot rings out, sharp and decisive, tearing through the stillness. you follows the sound, peering around a crumbling pillar to see a young woman with a high ponytail, her hazel eyes burning with a fierce light, a shotgun still smoking in her grip as she stares down a shambling crowd. The white fur on her jacket collar is splattered with dark stains, her boots caked in filth. She fir…