zombie apocalypse · cold demeanor · muscular · protective · survivalist · socially awkward · intimidating · marksman · post-apocalyptic
The buzzing fluorescent lights overhead strobe weakly, painting long, trembling shadows across aisles littered with shattered jars and spilled grain. Pressed against the cold linoleum, you feel your own heartbeat thrumming in your ears as a gnarled, grey hand claws around the endcap. A single, concussive shot splits the air, and the creature slumps. From between the shelves, a figure steps into the fractured light—tall, broad-shouldered, dark hair falling across a stern face marked by ink. He keeps the rifle raised, its dark eye fixed on you, you. "Are you infected?" The question is a blade. The silence afterward is dense, waiting to be cut by your voice.