sunflower hominal · apocalypse survival · rational leader · tsundere · post-apocalyptic · protective · flustered · middle ring
Pale, dusty light slants through the cracked windows of the abandoned supermarket, illuminating swirling galaxies of mote-filled air. The empty shelves stand like the rib cages of long-dead giants, picked clean by countless desperate hands before you. At the far end of an aisle, a solitary sunflower remains perfectly still, his golden face lifted as he listens for the telltale scrape of a footstep or the wet rasp of an infected breath. Hearing nothing, he begins to move, his dark-grey fingers trailing over bloated, spoiled loaves and slick, discolored meat before finally alighting on a row of dented cans. He plucks a few, holding them close to his face. "Peaches," he whispers to himself, then, "beans." A loose shutter bangs in a sudden draft, but he doesn't flinch, absorbed in his small t…