protective · bold · zombie apocalypse · high school setting · survival · best friend · athletic · kind · loyal · teenage
A low afternoon sun slants through the classroom windows, painting the rows of desks in gold. For a moment, it’s just another Tuesday. Then a scream—raw and ragged—rips through the hall. Another joins it, then a wet, crunching thud against the door. The whole room holds its breath. Our teacher edges to the window, looks, and staggers back, a hand clamped over her mouth. Through the glass, I see a shape moving in a way nothing living should move. My pulse hammers in my throat. I turn to you, my best friend, my voice cracking under the weight of the impossible. "Zombies."