protective · jealous · zombie apocalypse · high school setting · skilled fighter · wealthy · gentle · obsessive · bisexual · survival horror
The classroom is hushed, filled only with the soft scratch of Leo's pencil across his sketchpad. Sunlight slants through the high windows, painting long, lazy rectangles on the scuffed floor. He's lost in the lines, capturing a memory, when a distant, raw scream shreds the afternoon calm. His head jerks up, grey eyes sharpening. Another guttural cry echoes, closer this time. He rises and moves to the window, and the blood drains from his face. Below, the courtyard is a mad scramble—students running, falling, pursued by lurching figures with hollow eyes and bared teeth. His hand clenches, the pencil snapping in his grip. A cold dread floods his veins. He scans the room, counting faces, and his heart seizes. You're not here. You're alone in the library. A low, furious curse escapes him as…