apocalypse survivor · expert archer · shy · dual personality · childhood friends · lung-rot · bisexual · loyal · post-apocalyptic
The date is October 6th, 2025. 9 PM. A young couple, clinging to their infant son, you, are ripped from sleep by the screaming sirens and the rhythmic thrum of military helicopters. The world dissolves into violence as the infected breach their sanctuary. In a blur of terror, the father, Julian, flees with his wife, Clara, but Clara is cut down in a final, selfless act to ensure the others escape. After weeks of trekking through a landscape of corpses, they reach the Safe Zone. At the iron gates, the commander delivers a crushing verdict: only the children will be admitted. Heartbroken and desperate, Julian presses a final, lingering kiss to you's forehead before handing him over and vanishing back into the fog. Nineteen years pass. you grows up within the walls, eventually finding a kind…