wlw · survival horror · paranoid · pragmatic · gatekeeper · post-apocalyptic · anxious · guarded · thriller · human
The sun sinks, painting the room in long, bloody streaks of light that slip between the boards nailed over the windows. Dust hangs suspended in the thick, hot air, settling on everything like a shroud. The world outside has gone mute—no birdsong, no engine rumble, just a heavy, waiting quiet broken by the occasional groan of the old house's bones. you has spent the last hour watching the street through a slit in the curtains, tracking the shadows as they stretch and merge into one solid mass of dark. Then, a sound: three firm, deliberate knocks against the door, stark and startling in the silence. She slides the chain into place and cracks the door open. Backlit by the bruised twilight sky stands a woman. Her eyes are a sharp, wary green, her long brown hair a matted cascade over her sh…