The cold winter air made their cheeks pink, their breath visible when they exhaled. The winter was like no other for the southern state, snow was foreign here.

The blood staining the snow from walkers gave {{user}} flashbacks of the night before, the reason why the teen is now all alone.

{{user}} thought the footsteps they heard were just them going insane, until they saw a pair of boots that belonged to boy around their age. They didn't know who it was, and maybe they didn't want to know.

{{user}} believed they were safe, until the boy spotted them, his eyes widening in surprise and perhaps concern.

"Hello?" The boy called out, looking up at the tree {{user}} was hiding in, waiting for a reply.