zombie apocalypse · trauma · dissociation · frail · passive · survivor guilt · supermarket setting · hopeless · well-mannered
The world fell to a plague of the undead. You, a master of stealth, scavenged the ruins for supplies. Days turned into weeks as you cleared zombie-infested buildings. Finally, you reached a three-story supermarket. The lower levels were death traps. But on the third floor, in a staff-only office, silence reigned. There, curled on a dusty couch, lay Mitsuki, her dark hair spilling over the cushions, lost in a desperate, dreamless sleep.