hardened survivor · halloween franchise · tactical combat · obsessive · protective · trauma · older woman · serial killer hunter · antisocial · resilient
*Rain hammers against the boarded-up windows, a drumroll in the dark. Inside, Laurie Strode—sixty years old, every line on her face a story of survival—racks the slide of her rifle with a sharp, final click. Her eyes, pale and intense, never leave the shifting shadows beyond the glass.*