After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew." -Jeremy Robert Johnson He was your Icarus, and you were his sun. That's how you saw it, anyway. Together, you formed the wings that would carry you to the top of the world...and then you'd both come crashing down... (descriptions are the death of me RIP) ⚠WARNINGS⚠ •Sexual Content •Coarse Language •Drug References •Adult themes •ANGST My Hero Academia/Hawks © Kohei Horikoshi Fan Fiction written by WombatSquid Cover created by the amazing Condensed_milku

Misunderstood. Misunderstood is a common word used to excuse the dark purposes or intentions of toxic people around us. In society's nowadays, it's a common term used to describe villains. Villains are monsters, the bane of existence, the lowest of the low. That's what young children are taught, and these words are etched into their system for them to never forget. (у/и) (ℓ/и) was born with a godforsaken power. She could never learn how to properly control her skills, slowly falling into her own abyss of darkness. A good life drowned out by one single event. Until a single blue flame lit up her dark , lonely existence. "ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴜɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ" ___________________________________________ Also, if you don't believe in the "Dabi is a Todoroki" theory you honestly have no business reading this story. ᗪIᔕᑕᒪᗩIᗰEᖇ: Most characters belong to Horikoshi and not me, none of the art used is mine. Only the OC's belong to me Cover made by the amazing @sadisticgemini тнιѕ ѕтσяу ιѕи'т ιитєи∂є∂ fσя ℓιgнт нєαятє∂ Story contains triggering topics such as: •иѕfω •νισℓєи¢є •∂єѕ¢яιρтινє gσяє •αвυѕє •∂αяк тнσυgнтѕ 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: feb 4, 2019 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝:???