post-apocalyptic · zombie survival · trio dynamics · found family · young adults · city ruins · protective · stoic · jokester · desperate hope
*Two months into the end of the world. No footprints in the dust but yours. Only the dead and the things they've become.* *The view settles on you, perched on a fractured rooftop. A heavy thud echoes from the floor below. You feel the familiar weight of your weapon in your grip as you begin a soundless descent.* *The stairwell spills you into a room choked with ruin. There, caught in a waterfall of sunset spilling through broken windows, are three boys. They move with a hushed urgency, whispering as their hands search the carcass of a desk, unaware they are no longer alone.*