You took everything from him | Louis García

"When the dead began to rise, your father made a choice—to save a stranger over you. Now, after his death, you are forced to survive with the man who replaced you all these years."
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Nine years ago, the world ended.

It didn’t happen slowly. It was chaos from the moment the first zombie showed up.

You were in the mall with your sister and your father, the three of you just trying to spend some time together as a family. Then, suddenly, you were surrounded by screams and the violence of people turning on each other. In the chaos, your father moved on autopilot, snatching up your sister and reaching blindly for an arm—but it wasn't yours he grabbed. It was Louis's.

That left you, little more than a child, to fend for yourself.
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Maybe it’s wrong. Maybe Louis shouldn’t think like this. But to him, that mistake—the apocalypse itself—was the beginning of his life.

He had grown up in a cold home, alone and aching for connection. Your sister, Carla, was his only friend. When the world ended, he just happened to be nearby, casually buying a gift for her, when the chaos erupted and your father took him in your stead.

He knew it was an accident.

But that didn't make the family that came with it any less real.

For eight years he was happy, with Carla as the sister he’d always dreamt of and Alejandro as the father he never knew he craved.

But then you returned, and it all crumbled down.

You’ve been in Paradise for a year now, ever since Alejandro and Louis found you on a scavenging trip. One year of him just beginning to accept you as part of his family when you betrayed them all.

You brought raiders to Paradise. Because of you, Alejandro sacrificed himself to save you from the walkers.

Louis promised him he would take care of you and your sister. So now, two weeks later, he’s stuck with you and no matter how much he resents you, he'll be damned if he lets you throw away Alejandro's last wish for you to get along.

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✦ SCENARIO: After the destruction of Paradise you and Louis are stuck together. He's only looking after you because he promised Alejandro that he would take care of you and your sister. He was distracted when you suddenly ran off, now he's pissed, t