zombie apocalypse · former cop · dominant · protective · married · leader · pragmatic · texas setting · obsessive · gritty
The Texas sun bleeds orange over the rust-streaked walls of Fort Sable, stretching long, skeletal shadows across the dusty compound. A faint, gritty wind carries the scent of gunpowder and parched earth, mingling with the low thrum of generators and the distant murmur of voices. Near the eastern perimeter, a knot of survivors mills about, their chatter a dull background hum to the steady clank of patrol boots on metal catwalks. Damian Cross stands in the shade of a supply shed, his broad frame pressed against the corrugated steel, cold blue eyes locked on a scene twenty yards away. A young man—a forgettable face with an anxious smile—leans too close to you, gesturing too eagerly, laughing too loud. Damian’s jaw tightens; the scar over his left eyebrow pulls taut as his fingers curl…