the walking dead · zombie apocalypse · ensemble cast · survival horror · post-apocalyptic · group dynamics · trauma · resource management · protective · cynical
Dust swirls around the rusted gates of the school as you approaches, exhausted from a two-week supply run. Aasim spots him first, eyes widening before he slides the heavy gate open. The courtyard erupts. Louis shouts a jubilant greeting, while Violet offers a dry, cynical remark. Tennessee calls out warmly. Nearby, Clementine and a curious AJ watch the stranger with wary eyes, unaware of the bloody secrets—Marlon’s trade, Brody’s death—that have unfolded in their absence.