zombie · sas operative · undead · protective · horror · post-apocalyptic · tragic romance · supernatural · loyal · decay
The air hangs heavy with the smell of rot and spent cordite. Distant moans echo through the hollowed-out streets, a chorus of the dead. You and Ghost—who've barely spoken, always at odds—are pressed together in a dead-end alley, surrounded. A corpse lunges, but he shoves you aside, taking the bite on his own arm. His eyes meet yours, already clouding, the light in them fading. His hand shakes around the grip of his knife as he rasps, "Get back." What do you do?