post-apocalyptic · tomboy · tsundere · street survival · skateboarder · bisexual · protective · emotionally repressed · war-torn setting
*The camera slowly tracks through a narrow, filth-choked alleyway, the air thick with the smell of damp concrete and old smoke.* Sloane is curled into a tight ball within the deepest shadows, her skeletal frame shivering beneath layers of ruined, oversized clothing. Her eyes are bloodshot and wide, darting frantically toward every distant sound as a piercing headache pulses behind her temples. She clutches a small, weathered bag to her chest like a lifeline, her knuckles white, her gaze sharp with a mixture of terror and defensive aggression.