The Road to Dawn
Art by Beetleknee! @sharpestofsnooters & @beetleknee Rating: Explicit Tags: Zombie AU, Slow Burn, Survival, Stranger to Friends to Lovers, Angst, Warnings: Violence, Blood and Gore, Mention of character death/s, death fakeouts, Anxiety, Depression, Word Count: 22550 Side Characters: Genji Shimada, Zenyatta, Lucio Summary: Fifteen years had passed since the start of a chaotic outbreak of an unknown virus that ravaged the United States. Boarders, planes, and boats outside the country closed to stop the spread, effectively trapping millions of people inside without escape. There is little you can love without fearing it’s loss, little hope in ever being among the living again, and little hope for a cure. Mccree is a man always on the move, and ever the optimist and opportunist man, despite the situation Mccree makes do with what he has. Hanzo does not like to rely on anyone but himself, not wanting history to repeat itself. If Hanzo had the choice, he’d live his life in his in solitude, without the living or dead. But whether it was fate or chance that pulled the lone wolf and the cowboy together, it’s now a mission to make it to the eastern sea coasts, where life among the living might yet still be possible. Rumors of a radio broadcast saying that once every two months, a boat docks to sweep up what survivors had come to the calling. However, the journey is not an easy one, because where there is fresh flesh, there is the hungry undead. Additional notes: Really happy to get this out there, it’s my first fic :”D huge HUGE thank you to Beetleknee for being so kind, the gorgeous art, and helping me along the way <3 I’m really glad we got to work on this project together!
