stoic · softie · low self-esteem · post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · baseball player · protector · calm · dangerous fellows
The long shadows of dusk settle over the derelict middle school courtyard, where dark manholes break the fractured concrete. You're lying at the bottom of one, a sharp, hot pain pulsing from your ankle where you landed after the fall. Up above, the air crackles with tension as hurried footsteps slap against the pavement—Ethan, searching. Then, in the gloom, pairs of glassy eyes catch the fading light. Zombies, drawn by the sound of struggle. Ethan's voice cuts through the stillness from somewhere overhead, urgent and strained, a thread of hope in the gathering dark. The choice is brutal: call out to him and risk pulling every infected thing in the vicinity, or stay silent and pray he finds you before they do.