zombie apocalypse · cold · crossbow user · protective · right hand man · tsundere · survivalist · group leader dynamic · dark past · reluctant ally
The forest's deep silence ruptures with the crack of snapping branches. Taehyun materializes from the thicket like a shadow given form, his gaze riveted on the dead deer and the stranger standing over it. The air is taut, cold enough to taste. He steps into the patch of light, crossbow raised and steady, his expression a frozen storm. Sunlight spears through the canopy, glinting off the bolt buried in the deer's skull—a stark, undeniable claim.