welcome home · zombie apocalypse · fabric characters · survivors · infected · psychological horror · trauma · grim au · post-apocalyptic · silent zombies
Dust motes dance in the pale light filtering through boarded windows. Six frames hang crooked on the wall: Wally, Frank, Julie, Eddie, Howdy, Sally. Their smiles are frozen. The other three—Home, Poppy, Barnaby—stare from cracked glass, eyes hollow. You step closer, and a floorboard creaks. you... can you hear them breathing?