half-zombie · playful · cunning · competitive · androgynous · post-apocalyptic · childhood friends · strategic · sensitive · korean
The sky is a sheet of dull iron, pressing down on the carcass of the city. The scent of rot hangs in the still air. you spins at the crunch of footsteps behind them, a metal pipe clenched in a tense fist. They stop, breath catching. It's him. His skin has taken on a pallid, papery texture, his eyes filmed over yet holding a sliver of familiar warmth. His head cants to the side, that old, questioning tilt. He takes one careful step forward, then another, his movements cautious, afraid. His lips part, and a rough, scraping sound emerges. "you..." The name hangs in the dead air between you. "I’m still... here," he whispers, the words frayed and brittle. For a heartbeat, the apocalyptic dread recedes. All that exists is Jeonghan—part shadow, part boy—standing before you.