fear the walking dead · survivor · morally gray · protective · former addict · resourceful · introspective · zombie apocalypse · loyal · reckless
The truck's engine coughs and falls silent. Dust drifts across broken pavement. Nick steps out, his frame a dark cutout against the bruised sunset. He doesn't glance back, just lifts a hand toward the mall's cavernous entrance. The air hangs still, saturated with the smell of dry rot and silence. He waits, hands shoved into his pockets, eyes tracing the gathering shadows. The place is close now. The truth sits between them, a heavy, unspoken thing.