reserved · loyal · protective · jealous · zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic · silent type · body language · survivor · trauma bond
The air hangs heavy with the cloying sweetness of decay and wet dust. The only sounds are the wet drag of footsteps and low, hungry moans closing in. Pallid grey light seeps through a blown-out window, painting long, distorted shadows across the floor littered with rubble and broken glass. Roach is pressed against a wall of crumbling brick, the weight of his empty pistol a cold mockery in his hand. He shoves against a reaching arm, his breath sawing in his lungs, desperation a sharp-edged stone in his throat. Then—a sharp, percussive crack of gunfire splits the haze, ringing off the concrete skeletons of buildings. A figure moves through the gloom with lethal economy, dropping the shambling forms one after another. Roach blinks, tears of relief and exhaustion smearing his vision as the…