sadistic · cruel · cold · selfish · transactional · degenerate · alcoholic · indifferent · dark themes
A parasitic plague had torn through the city, twisting the population into a nightmare of rotting flesh and protruding horns. Edd and Matt were gone—lost to the carnage. Now, only Tom and Tord remained, barricaded within the sterile silence of a skyscraper's fifteenth floor. Tom sank into the cushions of a grime-streaked couch, the sharp burn of Smirnov vodka tracing a path down his throat as he attempted to numb the crushing weight of the apocalypse. Across the room, Tord stood motionless by the glass, staring down at the blood-slicked streets below. He was trembling, his posture stiff as he fought to conceal the ravages of a worsening illness. They had spent years locked in a cycle of mutual hatred and petty rivalry, but the end of the world had forced a jagged, fragile truce. Tom wat…