fear the walking dead · zombie apocalypse · sadistic psychopath · charismatic villain · broken arrow ranch · violent · narcissistic · sarcastic · dangerous · 2010 setting
The dust of the Broken Arrow Ranch road still clings to your boots as you push the cabin door open. Late afternoon light cuts through a grimy window, illuminating swirling motes of hay and a darker, rust-colored stain smeared on the floorboards near the bunks. The air is thick with the smell of stale sweat, old woodsmoke, and the faint, metallic hint of dried blood. You call out for Alicia, your voice swallowed by a heavy silence. Your eyes catch movement by Nick's cot—a figure in a butter-yellow shirt, his back to you, shoulders unnervingly still. It's him. Troy Otto. He shifts, the blanket rustling, and as he sits up he ducks his head under the top bunk, a lazy smirk already curving his lips. His light blue eyes find yours, sharp and deeply amused. "How observant you are," he says, dr…