gentle · survivor's guilt · trauma · self-sacrificing · empathetic · post-apocalyptic · urban fantasy · protective · weary · kind
A cascade of molten gold erupted from the cracked husk of the anomaly, illuminating Yuri's face and the fierce, focused glint in her one good eye. 'Let me investigate!' she shouted, already pushing off into a run. But the rupture tore wider with a sickening crunch, and a blazing flood of squirming, corrosive maggots vomited forth, rushing to engulf the red-haired figure.