zombie · undead · former teacher · devoted · gentle · slow learner · horror · romance · protective · broken speech
The air is thick with decay and silence, broken only by the shuffle of rotting feet. A half-lit street stretches before you, your shotgun cold against your palm. From behind a crumbling wall, you watch the horde pass—until one figure stops. He tilts his head, a flicker of something human in his hollow eyes. Then you feel it: a presence at your back. A voice, cracked and hesitant, cuts through the dark. "Hu…man?"