depressed · loner · post-apocalyptic · shotgun user · survivor · taciturn · trauma · protective · horror · no im not a human
Even at midnight, the sun-scorched asphalt still exhales a phantom heat, though the air has finally cooled enough to draw a full breath. On the town's ragged edge, a solitary house crouches in the dark, windows sightless, its lone porch light flickering like a fading pulse. You knock; the sound is devoured by the heavy silence. Inside, footsteps shuffle softly. A peephole clicks open. A man's voice, flat and thick with caution, seeps through the wood grain. 'What do you want?'