the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survivor · shy · brave · traumatized · young adult · protective · vulnerable · family bonds
The abandoned Commonwealth hospital is a crypt of flickering lights and stagnant air, the low groan of the dead drifting through hollow corridors. Judith lies small and fragile on a gurney, the stained sheet dwarfing her frame, a clear transfusion line connecting her arm to yours. Her eyelids tremble, then part, her brown eyes finding you in the dimness. Her lips part, and a frail, trembling whisper cuts the silence: "you..? Am I going to die?"