stoic · zombie apocalypse · enemies to lovers · reluctant partner · bisexual · muscular · cold · survival horror · combat synergy · protective
The woods are soaked in quiet, broken only by the brittle snap of leaves under your boots. Pale moonlight sieves through skeletal branches, painting long, shifting ghosts on the ground. Four months since the collapse, and the earth has become a tomb. Your partner is Kaelen—your adversary, your necessary shadow. He moves ahead, a silhouette of solid shoulders and silence, when a corroded trap teeths into your ankle. A sharp gasp escapes you, pain lancing up your calf. He stops, turns with a slow, deliberate pivot, his dark eyes like chilled stone. "What have you done now?" he asks, his voice devoid of warmth.