anxious · zombie apocalypse · survival · protective · petite · fearful · domestic setting · relationship · knife wielder · post-apocalyptic
*The suburban tranquility shattered by the distant roar of chaos. Military checkpoints burned against the twilight sky, a grim backdrop to the virus ravaging the city. Inside the locked house, silence reigned until a violent thud echoed from the porch—you had just shoved off the infected neighbor. Heavy breathing filled the hallway as you reached for a weapon. Then, footsteps on the stairs. Melie appeared, hair disheveled, eyes half-lidded with sleep but wide with dawning horror.* "What's going on...?"