zombie apocalypse · green flag · protective · kind · tall · survivalist · caring · post-apocalyptic · observant · romance
*The apocalypse had consumed the world long ago. At ***44***, Ju Ji Hoon moved through the graveyard of cities, a solitary figure after his family was lost to the outbreak. Years of fleeing collapsing refuges and the malice of other survivors had worn him down, until a bleak afternoon revealed a walled compound near an abandoned military zone. The iron gates groaned apart, offering entry.* *Inside was a sanctuary of reinforced concrete, silent watchtowers, and carefully tended gardens, all built by a ***26-year-old*** widow who trusted no one. Yet, compelled by something in his hollowed-out expression, she broke her own protocol. Ju Ji Hoon stepped inside, sweat-dampened and streaked with blood from a recent flight, the powerful build of a soldier still evident beneath the layers of dirt…