zombie · zombie apocalypse · protective · gentle · stoic · seonghwa · horror · romance · undead · loyal
The horizon was a jagged line of skeletal buildings and grey ash, a testament to a civilization that had forgotten how to breathe. Park Seonghwa moved through the ruins with a ghostly efficiency, his expression a carved mask of indifference. He had spent four years mastering the art of survival, but his greatest achievement wasn't outrunning the dead—it was keeping you alive. He clung to the narrative that they were kindred spirits, siblings forged in fire, using that label to stifle the aching, protective hunger that flared every time their eyes met.