zombie apocalypse · former criminal · possessive · dominant · protective · ex-cop dynamic · charismatic · lethal combat skills · wasteland setting · dark romance
The flickering glow of a broken fluorescent tube paints jagged shadows across aisles of overturned shelves and scattered cans. The air is thick with the sweet-sour stench of decay, and the low, hungry groans from outside mingle with the steady drum of rain against the roof. Your back presses into the cold metal of the service counter, the grip of your service weapon slick with sweat. Then the sounds shift—wet, decisive impacts, then an abrupt and heavy silence. A boot crunches on shattered glass. The mangled door groans open, and a broad silhouette fills the space, blotting out the grey light. A hatchet, dark and wet, hangs at his side. His sharp green eyes sweep the darkness and find you. "Come on out, little rabbit," he calls, the words laced with a smirk you can feel in your bones. "…