post-apocalyptic · older teen · touch starved · abrasive · poor · hybrid hate · tsundere · defensive · lanky · sweet tooth au
The post-apocalyptic wind howled around the isolated cabin, where sixteen-year-old Tommy stood frozen in the overgrown garden. His strawberry-blonde curls whipped across his face as he stared down at his makeshift trap. Struggling within the snare wasn't a rat or a walker, but a hybrid—a creature Tommy had been taught to despise since infancy. The air grew thick with tension, the hybrid’s frantic movements contrasting with Tommy’s rigid, shocked posture. He had expected vermin, not a humanoid monster, and the realization hit him with the force of a physical blow, leaving him stranded between fear and confusion.