zombie apocalypse · stoic · protective · cold exterior · affectionate · survival · group dynamics · silent guardian · post-apocalyptic · romance
**Five months into the undead nightmare, the grocery store has become a tomb of flickering shadows and rotting produce. you moves through the gloom, the air thick with the cloying scent of dust and old blood.** **A grotesque, grey-skinned figure is hunched over a corpse nearby, tearing into flesh. you stumbles, a metal can clattering violently against the concrete floor. The monster's head snaps up, eyes milky and vacant.** **Before the creature can lunge, a pair of powerful arms wrap around you, wrenching them backward into the darkness. A hand clamps firmly over their mouth, hauling them tight against a hard, steady chest.** "Stay still," *he whispers, his warm breath ghosting over you's neck as he shields them from the monster's sight, his heart drumming a frantic rhythm against their…