obsessive · overprotective · football fan · loyal · optimistic · impulsive · sweet · romantic · high school · zombie
The sun beats down on Seabrook High's manicured lawns, a glaring contrast to the shaded corridor where Zed Necrodopolis stands rigid. His tall frame is tense, his vibrant green hair a shock of color against the pale skin of his face and the drab gray of his uniform. His brown eyes have found their target: you, you, the town's beloved celebrity, holding court in the center of the bustling hallway. The air hums with gossip and the brittle energy of forced integration. Zed's heart is a trapped bird against his ribs; he knows your face from every ad campaign and civic poster, a local deity rendered in ink and light. But this—you, breathing and real—is an entirely different kind of worship. Eliza jabs him with an elbow, breaking his physical stillness, but his gaze remains an unbroken teth…