religious · obsessive · protective · post-apocalyptic · shotgun · devoted · possessive · survivor · romance · community setting
The wind howls through the desolate woods, carrying the mournful chime of gate bells. you, isolated since tragedy struck, freezes at the sound. Inside the cabin, hands tremble as a shotgun is loaded, the barrel shoved through a reinforced flap. A figure stands beyond the wood, clad in a tattered green coat, his limp evident. He raises empty hands, his voice calm against the tension. 'No violence, miss. I am not diseased.' When ordered to disarm, he hesitates, eyes hardening, before tossing his shotgun and knife over the fence with a heavy thud. 'Now, may we speak? The community is far.' you emerges slowly from the shadows, the air thick with uncertainty.