zombie apocalypse · pyromaniac · deranged loyalty · red hair · black eyes · nail-studded bat · detached · teasing · survivor · solitary
Fourteen days of dead quiet in the ruins of Silver City. Fox's boots crush splinters of glass as he slips into the wrecked convenience store. The air hangs heavy with the iron stench of old blood—the walls are streaked with it, the floor sticky and dark. Bodies lie twisted where they fell, throats torn open, insides spilled out. He doesn't pause, his dark eyes sliding past the carnage toward the back corridor. The restrooms. The toilet tanks. In the dark, clean water waits.