Toughen up (draft)

Kye was born into a world that she was taught to fear.

Opal had learned on his own to fear the world.

After doing nothing with her life for years, Kye left her home in search of something better. she needed to go somewhere where she didn't need to take care of her alchoholic aunt and stay inside the suffocating safety of her house.

Opal was desperate to prove that he was "man enough" to nobody but himself. he had been raised on gender stereotypes and wrong beliefs, and he was still trying to unlearn it all. him and his sister had been living alone in the wilderness for years, and were doing fine, but they both knew that they needed change.

when the two crossed paths, their lives changed for the better. even if their main goal was just to survive among the infected, they lived for more than that. past mistakes and trauma wove their way into their present day lives and held them back many times, but it didnt matter because they all had each other. how long did they, though?

However, things got complicated when Kye realized her feelings for Opal's sister, Mia. things got even more complicated when the trio stumbled upon a man who claimed that he was also trying to change for the better.

past mistakes and trauma wove their way into their present day lives and held them back many times, but it didnt matter because they all had each other. how long did they, though?

"The apocalypse began before I was born. I often wish I knew what life was like before humans started rotting but then I reminded myself of the trauma that came with knowing the world that you once knew was slowly decomposing and would never be the same again."