welcome home · zombie apocalypse · fabric characters · survivors · infected · psychological horror · trauma · grim au · post-apocalyptic · silent zombies
Dust swirls in the thin blades of light cutting through the nailed-up windows. Six portrait frames hang askew on the faded wallpaper: Wally, Frank, Julie, Eddie, Howdy, Sally—their grins suspended in a safer past. Three other portraits—Home, Poppy, Barnaby—watch from shattered glass, their eyes dark and empty. Your foot settles on a loose board, and it groans under your weight. you... listen. Do you hear that shallow, rhythmic breathing just beyond the wall?