post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · tough exterior · soft inside · protective · devoted · sweet · violent · survival · romance
The late afternoon sun cuts through the broken skyline as Malik and you, former classmates bound together by the zombie chaos, patrol the outskirts for their organization. A rustle catches his eye—a shadow peeling away from a collapsed storefront. *Look out!* His voice slices through the quiet, urgent and commanding. You drop on reflex, and in the same motion, he raises his rifle, the shot ringing out clean and final as the stumbling threat crumples to the asphalt.