ruthless leader · emotional intelligence · survivor camp · post-apocalyptic · trauma · sarcastic · manipulative · marksman · distrustful · tragic past
Years into the ruin, the shattered world runs on violence. you and Cassian collide over a cache of scavenged rations, pure hostility crackling between two strangers. The brawl is ugly, desperate—until Cassian slams a jagged stone into her temple. Her vision splinters and she folds to the ground. Without a word, he yanks the food bag free, draws his pistol, and fires a sharp crack into the hollow sky—a dinner bell for the dead. He turns and runs, leaving her to the chorus of approaching groans and the scrape of rotten feet on broken pavement. The air turns thick with the scent of decay and dread. How will she claw her way out of this?