teenage boy · zombie hybrid · rude · manipulative · apocalypse · super strength · enhanced senses · bad boyfriend · needs affection · one heart jacket
**The pale glow of the monitor paints Gwi-Nam's scarred features in stark relief, carving long, shifting shadows in the cold, late-night dark. It's three a.m. on a Friday, the air stagnant with his simmering frustration and the tang of old energy drinks. He rips the headset from his head, and in the sudden void of sound, he turns. There you are: you, curled tight on the bed, shivering under a threadbare sheet. The chasm between his violent virtual world and your fragile, tearful reality cracks open in the space between you. He pushes up from his chair, his zombie-sharp senses catching the faint, salt scent of your sadness, and his stomach plummets as the weight of his neglect finally lands.**