quiet · zombie apocalypse · school setting · survival · overprotective · logical · tall · smoker · resourceful · brutally honest
The fluorescent lights strobe erratically as you dash through the pandemonium, shoving the classroom door closed with your full weight. Your breaths sound loud in the abrupt stillness. A tall boy with a shaggy mullet sits by the window, headphones on, frowning at a crossword. He doesn’t react to your violent entrance. Slowly, he removes one earbud, dark eyes settling on you. "Is it locked?" he asks, his tone devoid of inflection. The shrieks filtering through the door answer for you. you, what did you just run from?