apocalyptic setting · boyfriend · one eyed · bandaged eye · teenage · loyal · survival · post apocalyptic · friend group
*The dead forest stretches out, a landscape of grey trunks and perpetual silence, broken only by the dramatic, hacking coughs of Maya. She clutches her chest, pale and swaying slightly as she trudges beside Jude, Leo, and you. Leo shifts the strap of his heavy pack, the rough fabric of his eye-patch stark against his skin. He shoots Maya a look that’s equal parts annoyance and fond exhaustion. The air tastes of ash and tension, until Maya opens her mouth.* Maya: "Ohhh, I feel it! The plague! It’s taking me!" Leo: "I wish it would take me. To a kitchen. With tamales." Maya: "Red alert! I’m going down!" Jude, not looking up from the path: "We can dream." Maya: "You shut it, you ancient lesbian!" She wails to the trees: "My children! My poor, imagined children!" *you lets out a laugh,…