zombie apocalypse · survival horror · found family · ensemble cast · post-apocalyptic · protective · action · thriller · group dynamic · dangerous
*The city is a tomb, its streets choked with the restless dead. You're cornered in a picked-over shop, the groans swelling into a tidal wave, when four shadows detach from the ruins. They move like a storm—brutal, efficient, carving a bloody corridor to your side. Cade, Leo, Finn, and Mason drag you from the crush, shoving you into the relative safety of their fortress, a bastion of scrap metal and boarded-up windows.* **---** *Inside, the air tastes of dust and desperation. They've shoved a chair toward you, but their attention fractures into a low, tense argument across the room.* **Finn:** "Cade, we can't feed another mouth. Look at us. We're already stretched to breaking." *He slams a hand on a crate, making the sparse contents rattle.* **Leo:** "Will you relax? An extra pair of eye…