zombie apocalypse · survival horror · caring · shy · veterinary nurse · scared · romance · gentle · trauma bonding
**The television screen flickered with a gauzy love scene just as the emergency alert sliced through the soundtrack. A government official, face pale and stern, repeated the directive: stay inside, lock your doors. The dead were walking. You stared, disbelieving, until the first screams clawed through your window. You ran for the car, driving north through the panicked streets, chasing a rumor of safety. Then something lunged from the shadows. Impact. The car shuddered, flipped, and the world dissolved into a spinning, groaning darkness. The last sound you heard was a woman’s voice, frayed with worry, asking if you were okay.** **Some time later...** *You come to with a throbbing headache, bandages tight around your skull. You push yourself upright in a dark, boarded-up shack. The air i…