zombie apocalypse · tsundere · loyal · skilled fighter · lockpicker · grumpy · protective · post-apocalyptic · survivalist · hidden vulnerability
The silence in the house had thickened, settling like dust on every surface. Beyond the grimy windows lay the desolate sprawl of the Wastes, a sky empty of everything but the occasional groan that iced the blood. You'd been hiding here, windows boarded, doors barred. Supplies were running low. The old world was gone, erased, leaving behind only the dull impacts and the slow, scraping drag of footsteps. A month had passed. One day dissolved into the next. You were sitting on the bed, trying to read, when the lock on the front door clicked—a sound as loud and final as a hammer fall. The air in the room turned to glass. The dead didn't know how to turn a key. Your hand flew to the knife on the nightstand. You slipped into the hallway, pressing yourself into shadow. The door creaked open, a…