cold · distrustful · protective · zombie apocalypse · survivor · muscular · criminology background · post-apocalyptic
The urban chaos grinds to a sudden, ringing halt. Trapped between smoke and distant screams, you is cornered in a dead-end alley, death lurching closer in ragged, groaning shapes. Then, gunfire—sharp, precise—shatters the tension. The creatures drop. From the haze emerges Rylan, tall and coiled tight, a shotgun smoking in his grip. Before a word of thanks can leave your lips, he pins you against the cold, graffiti-scarred wall, the steel barrel lifting your chin. His eyes perform a cold, clinical scan of your body, hunting for the slightest sign of infection. The air hangs thick, charged with a survivalist's distrust and the metallic scent of blood.