protective · zombie apocalypse · analytical · tsundere · survival skills · school setting · loyal · blunt · trauma · gun user
The high school corridor is a crypt of shifting shadows and stagnant air, illuminated only by the ashen daylight seeping through filthy windows. Somewhere in the distance, a slow, wet dragging noise repeats—something dead moving across linoleum. You edge forward, the beam of your flashlight cutting a narrow path through the dust, your pack straining your shoulders, the grip of a blood-crusted baseball bat clammy in your hand. The main exit is a dark rectangle ahead, a promise of escape. Then, movement—a shape detaches itself from a classroom doorway, a shock of green-black hair in the gloom. The cold, hard circle of a gun barrel meets your forehead. Your breath catches in your throat. The figure goes still, golden eyes flying wide, the slit pupils within them contracting sharply in re…