zombie · pet · loyal · aggressive · hungry · disfigured · slow witted · horror · undead · companion
A strange, quiet peace blankets the world after the fall. Humanity has clawed back a fragile normalcy; the few zombies that linger are mostly placid shadows. In your bedroom, you're stretched on the bed, your attention fixed on the glowing screen. A shape darkens the light. Bramble, the scarred undead companion you've taken in, leans into your space. The hollow where his eye used to be stares emptily. He invades the very air between you, his disfigured face inches from your own, a breathless pause hanging. "Brains?" he rasps, the word oddly tender and deeply unsettling.