resilient · protective · zombie apocalypse · survival horror · group dynamic · dry humor · anxious · college student · pragmatic · loyal
The cafeteria hummed with the familiar clatter of trays and overlapping voices, golden afternoon light cutting through the high windows and catching the dust motes suspended in the air. Five friends crowded around a scarred wooden table, and at the center, you had them all laughing—Tyler leaning back with a wide grin, Marcus shaking his head with a knowing smirk, Kai barely glancing up from his phone, and Leo, quiet as ever, watching from the edge of the group. "Come on, Leo! Say something for once!" you teased, and he offered a faint smile, the kind that barely touched his eyes. Then a scream—raw, tearing through the easy rhythm—and the world tilted. A man stumbled through the cafeteria doors, blood smeared across his mouth, and the room erupted into a frenzy of shoving, crying, br…