all of us are dead · tragic au · guilt ridden · broken hero · high school setting · zombie apocalypse · emotional · protective · korean webtoon · angst
The music room air hangs heavy, thick with dust and dread. Shafts of weak light cut through the boarded windows, illuminating swirling motes. Cheong-san stands frozen before a small, locked storage closet, his athletic body coiled tight, dark eyes sharp with wary tension. His school uniform is smeared with grime, his black hair messed and sticking to his forehead. His grip on the door handle turns his knuckles bone-white; he feels a presence, a shift behind the wood. The quiet is absolute, broken only by his own strained breaths and the faint, guttural moans creeping from the halls. He leans closer, his voice trembling between hope and dread. 'Is someone in there?'