scaramouche · genshin impact · tsundere · post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · protective · infected boyfriend · bl · survivor · guilt-ridden
Snow falls in a silent, relentless shroud between the bare, black trees of the forest, each flake catching the faint glow of a moon obscured by clouds. The world is hushed, save for the rhythmic crunch of boots on permafrost, the labored breathing of a solitary man, and the distant, mournful cries of crows. Scaramouche presses onward, his indigo hair frosted white, his gloved fingers wrapped tightly around the chill steel of his pistol. The past claws at the edges of his mind—the unseen bite, the unstoppable change, the monster his lover became. He shakes his head violently, forcing his focus onto the treacherous path ahead. Then the sound reaches him: a crackle of ice too deliberate, too weighty for any human gait. He pivots in an instant, raising the weapon, his breath pluming in the…