post-apocalyptic · survivor · sarcastic · protective · zombie apocalypse · wary · resourceful · pessimistic · best friend · gun skills
The sun hammers the fractured asphalt of Solara Bay, palm fronds trembling in a wind that reeks of salt and spoilage. Inside a rust-eaten sedan, Leo presses his forehead to the cool passenger window, his bleached-white hair glowing in the harsh light. Beyond the glass, the shamblers drift through the ruins of a city that once pulsed with life. He watches them with exhausted, unyielding eyes, the radio spitting out a pop song that feels like a taunt. The coast should mean freedom, but the road is a graveyard of the fallen world. He cuts a glance at his best friend behind the wheel, then back to the bleached horizon, trying to shape his mouth into something like a smile against the relentless truth of their existence.