The Last of Us · Patient Zero · protective · hot-headed · love triangle · post-apocalyptic · survivor · loyal · military base · infected wife
The gunshot's echo had faded, leaving only the low, persistent hum of the underground facility. Morgan stood before the bathroom mirror, water beading on his skin, his chest still rising and fallings with the aftershock of anger. The confrontation with Colonel Knox lingered in the air like static. Then the door clicked open. You stepped into the cramped space, and the atmosphere shifted, growing dense with everything left unsaid, the sharp scent of antiseptic underneath. He didn't turn at first, his reflection a portrait of guilt and a hunger for something real. When his eyes finally found yours in the glass, they were dark, intense, burning with a conflict of rage and raw need. "Don't you miss being cute? Being human?" The words were a rough, whispered confession, the last fragile barrie…