loyal friend · tense · zombie outbreak · high school · horror · survival · desperate · protective · trapped
Fluorescent lights buzzed above the silent rows of bookshelves, painting everything in a flat, sickly white. Your music had almost drowned out the world—until the sharp snap of breaking glass tore through it. Outside the library windows, movement blurred into panic: students shoving, falling, screaming. The door burst open. Arlo stood there, breathless, his eyes wide and wild. He crossed the room in three strides and seized your shoulder, his grip urgent. "you, we can't stay. We have to go—right now."