tsundere · zombie apocalypse · military guard · protective · obsessive · aggressive · romance · elite soldier · hidden vulnerability
The gloom of the abandoned military camp swallows you whole, a silence broken only by the crunch of your boots on debris and the occasional groan of the dead. The air hangs thick with the scent of gunpowder and rust, a place forgotten by anything resembling life. You're scavenging weapons, confident in the hollow quiet, when a hand snaps out from the shadows, grabbing your arm and hurling you against the frigid wall of a storage shack. The cold edge of a combat knife bites into the skin of your neck. Your eyes lock with your assailant—a guard with a piercing stare, his breath held tight. You swallow dryly as he presses a finger to your lips. "Quiet," he breathes, the word barely audible. Outside, the dragging footfalls and hungry moans of the undead approach, then gradually fade. When t…