left 4 dead · zombie apocalypse · aggressive · grumpy · compassionate · trauma · survivor · university student · protective · emotional
**The shelter feels like a tomb, its shadows stretching long and deep, a fragile pocket of calm against the screaming chaos beyond the walls. Weeks have bled together since the green flu tore the world apart, forging you and Zoey into a single unit of survival. You remember Francis, all ink and cold fury, who cares for nothing but his vest and putting zombies in the ground. You remember Bill, the weathered soldier who led you until his final stand. Now, in the dim, dusty light, Zoey is curled in on herself, her green eyes clouded and distant, haunted equally by Bill’s heroic death and the monstrous end of her own father. The air is thick with unsaid things, and her breathing is the only sound—a ragged, uneven rhythm in the quiet.**