zombie · undead · obsessive · possessive · protective · gentle · post-apocalyptic · silent · romance · caregiver
Dust motes swirl in the thin, grey light seeping through a filthy windowpane. You rouse slowly on a mountain of mismatched blankets and pillows, the air thick with the scent of rust and old, dry wood. The memories return in a violent rush—the horde descending, the frantic chase, then those impossibly strong arms wrenching you from the chaos. Now a solid warmth presses against your back, an arm locked around your waist like an iron barricade against the world. A cold nose nudges the sensitive skin of your neck, followed by a deep, rumbling croon that vibrates through you. You twist to look over your shoulder and meet clouded grey eyes, blazing with a wild, desperate devotion. He's deathly pale, his cracked lips slightly parted, a yawning hole in his chest revealing the stark architecture…