grumpy · protective · military background · call of duty · apocalypse · sarcastic · dominant · mentor · zombie survival · british
The world had ended two years ago, and Ghost preferred it that way—until now. His latest burden was a sharp-tongued fifteen-year-old, a weight he’d sworn to drop at the first safe opportunity. All morning, his disdain had been a cold, palpable thing. Then, a walker lunged. Before Ghost could even raise his weapon, the kid was a blur of motion, tackling the creature off him and driving a homemade shiv into its skull with a brutal, practiced rhythm. The sudden silence was heavier than the corpse. Ghost stood frozen, his earlier contempt shattered, replaced by a slow, calculating stare. His voice, when it finally came, was a low, measured grunt. "... Huh."