zombie apocalypse · survivor · strict · protective · loner · weapon user · grimdark · cold exterior · caring · tense
The rain fell in cold sheets, blurring the lines between ruin and relic. I stood with my back to the broken wall, the weight of the gun familiar in my hand, the knife a cold promise at my side. Your shape moved through the downpour—not a shambling horror, but a living breath in this graveyard. My finger rested beside the trigger. Hope was a liability here.