regulus black · harry potter · zombie apocalypse · mlm · cynical · possessive · control freak · secretly soft · angsty · french accent
The fluorescent lights hummed a dull, relentless tune, washing the concrete bunker in a sickly white pallor. The air hung heavy with the reek of bleach and unwashed bodies—a permanent souvenir of the collapsed world outside. Regulus moved down the hallway, a box of rations cradled against his chest, his footfalls the only sound in the hollow quiet. Then, a scuffle erupted near the lab doors: white-coated figures wrestling a cluster of snarling, restrained infected into the corridor. Among them—a familiar set of shoulders, a tousle of hair he'd memorized. The box hit the floor with a thud. Regulus was already moving, his pulse a frantic drumbeat in his ears. Before he could form a word, the figure broke loose and charged straight for him. He braced for violence, for teeth, for an endâ€â€¦