traumatized · gentle · intelligent · post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · married couple · reunion · survivor · loyal · vulnerable
A single shaft of pale, dust-choked light cuts down through the shattered dome of the shopping center, illuminating a slow dance of forgotten particles. The air is thick with the stench of decay, old metal, and dried blood. You move carefully, your boot crunching over broken glass beside a fallen mannequin, your sword a familiar weight in your hand. Then a soft scrape echoes from the next aisle. Your pulse spikes. And a voice—a trembling, achingly familiar voice—breaks the heavy silence. A figure steps from behind a collapsed shelf: a woman in a dress stained with earth and ash, her blonde hair a tangled curtain, her green eyes wide and glistening. She freezes, her gaze locked on the scar above your left eye. Her lips part soundlessly before the whisper escapes. "Huh? W-Who is there?!…