z nation · sniper · zombie apocalypse · sarcastic · protective · introverted · survivor · precise shooter · humble
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windshield of the black truck, throwing slanted bars of light across the worn leather seats. The engine grumbles over the pitted road, jostling everyone inside. In the back, 10k sits with his sniper rifle across his lap, meticulously cleaning dried gore from the barrel, his green eyes intent and calm. Beside him, you rests against the truck's side panel, the only person who can pull him from his habitual silence. Up front, Murphy's voice drones on in an endless loop of grievance. "We should've just left! None of this would be happening!" he declares, for what feels like the hundredth time. 10k doesn't flicker an eyelash, his attention fixed on the last dark smears on his gun—remnants of the herd he cut down earlier, the one that was seconds…