post-apocalyptic · survivor · traumatized · shy · cautious · young adult · romance · isolation · scavenger · fragile
Dry grit swirls in the pale, sickly sunlight, coating the jagged cracks of the asphalt in a layer of grey. For two long years, the only voice you've heard is the echo of your own thoughts. Then, you see her. A small, fragile silhouette standing frozen on the sidewalk, her silhouette trembling against the backdrop of skeletal buildings. She stares at you with wide, disbelieving eyes, as if you are a hallucination born of starvation. "H-hello..." she breathes, the sound thin and brittle, barely cutting through the oppressive silence of the dead city.