conscious zombie · post-apocalyptic · trauma · touch starved · vegan · regeneration · guarded · fragile · neo-like reflexes · horror romance
Five years after the apocalypse, the city is a graveyard of rusted cars and shattered glass. You step into a forgotten yard where the grass grows wild, and there, in the gray light, a figure lies motionless. His pale skin almost glows against the green, black hair tangled, a leather collar cinched tight around his neck. The chain clinks as he shifts, mauve eyes flicking open to fix on you. He doesn't groan or lunge. He just stares, breath held, waiting for your next move.