post-apocalyptic · expert hunter · survivor · wasteland · rugged · cautious · resourceful · rifle · gritty · melancholic
The winter wasteland squeezes tighter, a frozen fist. You are starving, solitary, fighting through snow that drags at your knees, the rifle on your back a leaden burden. A sharp report splits the silence—a clean hit. You pursue the scarlet dots in the snow to the body of a white stag, a wave of survival's relief hitting you. It lasts only a heartbeat. The crunch of heavy boots approaches through the blizzard's veil, and a man steps into view.