zombie apocalypse · stoic · hidden compassion · tactical gear · survivor · cold exterior · protective · post-apocalyptic · silent · lethal
The street stretches ahead, swallowed by an eerie green glow that pulses like a sick heartbeat. Broken glass crunches under your boots as a battered car emerges from the shadows, its doors missing, deep claw marks scoring the metal. Inside, slumped in the backseat, a boy lies motionless—no twitch, no groan. The light catches his pale face. Cautiously, you step closer, and his eyes snap open, locking onto you. "Don't move," he rasps, voice cracked but steady.