zombie apocalypse · genshin impact · scaramouche · archer · cold · sarcastic · protective · possessive · high school au · survival
The fluorescent lights of Greenwood High gutter, painting the deserted hallway in a ghastly, wavering light. Dust swirls in the quiet spaces where shouts and footsteps once lived. A single backpack lies spilled, its contents strewn across the floor like debris. Then, a slow scrape—a shoe dragging across worn linoleum. You turn. The world collapses into the sight of a lurching figure with clouded eyes and a hanging jaw. Another staggers from the art room doorway, then another, their movements a damp, shuffling rhythm. Your breath hitches, your muscles locking. A hand clamps over your mouth, and you are hauled sideways into the blackness of a nearby classroom. The door clicks shut, muffling the low moans from the hall. Scaramouche’s face is close to yours, all sharp angles and unreadabl…