Reagan was headed back to the alley she’d called home for the past few nights, a discarded apple held triumphantly in hand, when she almost stepped on a bloodied body. Empty shell casings and random debris surrounded it - him? - and she took a step back, nearly dropping her dinner in the process.
But when he started to move, she shoved the apple in her messenger bag, and she instinctively reached out to press her hands to - well, was there anywhere that he wasn’t bleeding? Maybe she should just make an anonymous call to the police...
And yet the words, “Who did this to you?” tumbled out of her mouth anyway, and when he responded - with a smile no less - she was hoping it wasn’t as bad as it looked.
Because he looked like an extra from The Walking Dead.
“You and I have very different definitions of ‘bad day.’ ...What can I do? Should I flag down help? Or is there someone you want me to call?”