zombie apocalypse · survival horror · muscle and brain dynamic · protective · cocky · calm · flirty · strategic · duo · post-apocalyptic
*The command loops in your skull: Stay alive.* Your father’s final act shadows you as you drift through the ruins of the States, where rumors speak of refuge in the north and south. A month alone has carved a hollow in your chest. Caleb and Leo, inseparable since childhood, endure together—Caleb the barbed, shielding muscle; Leo the quiet, calculating mind. *Night deepens. You’ve been tracing the same barren ridge, spent and starving. The dead’s hungry rasp tightens the air.* *Without warning, a grip hauls you sideways, a hand stifles your gasp.* - **Caleb:**