more like college nate because that's all i'm thinking about rn my favorite brainchild
i feel like nate and zack would break up after graduation and that they'd take different colleges
nate would be in this ivy-league-esque-maybe uni but..... he's just not having fun in it anymore you know
like he doesn't have much friends he genuinely likes to hang out with and college is hard and zack and the rest don't really catch up with him because they're having the same problems and he starts smoking and uh
i just imagine nate being so so so stressed out idk idK I'M KILLING MYSELF IWTH THIS
the perfect song for him would be i am not a robot by marina and the diamonds because fuck i was listening to it @ 2AM and all i could think about was college nate wow
i'm going to make a fuckin fanmix about college nate with that track just you wait
jake and zack are like "fuck which one's nate? which one's nat?" and one of them just barks and growls at them and the other stays silent and Z and J look at each other and "angry one's nate."
jake lets nat run around the garden a lot and he thinks it's super cute omg but he can't let nat know that that's not manly at all
likE CORGI!NAT LOOKING AT HER FLOWERS SO HAPPILY WHILE WALKING ON HER STUBBY CORGI LEGS AND BUTTERFLIES REST ON HER NOSE
zack just watches nate crash his room like "dude can you even read while you're a dog." he carries nate onto his lap while zack indian sits and they both read a book. zack reads it out loud because he thinks nate can't read it, he just isn't saying so
gotta let a dog have his ego
"nate this is boring---" nate barks angrily, "--fiiiiiiiiine."
after that though nate falls asleep on his lap and zack just. pets him while trying to not smile
then they all come together and nat just barks and walks about nate and nate is just yawning.... babies......... and z and j are just "............. what if they stay corgis forever"
jake would freak out every time he shot a zombie like literally scream each time and zack's ears would ring a lot
nate kind of sleeps on the job so no one ever makes him keep watch. ever. when he's awake though he can kick ass
nat uses a shot gun because she's bad at precision. ZACK TAKES THEM OUT WITH A BASEBALL BAT. damn son. nate's a sniper
zack doesn't use his bat until he's sure no one's firing though. he doesn't trust jake out of all people
jake: WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'LL ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT YOU?
zack: i'm pretty sure you don't know the difference between me and a zombie.
jake: pffft. that's because there isn't any difference, doofus
then when the day is done they sit around a campfire and miss the good old days
sometimes they sing so they can get their minds off it
and tell each other jokes. there isn't much stories to tell because you know they've been with each other a lot and talking about dead friends doesn't really lighten up the mood, so they just talk about nonsense until they all pass out
"what if it reaches the point that everything becomes so hard that they run out of things to sing
or run out of people to sing with like the last person standing just sorta
sings alone" - ianna always makes me cry i hate her
so zack and nat are both alive, and jake and nate have passed
and then when zack gets bitten / gets too injured he puts his hand on nat's cheek and "shhhh. shh. i know. i'm sorry too."
"take care of yourself, okay? it's what we would've wanted."
and nat just wants to say so much, but instead she just says, "wait for me." zack smiles and he nods before he closes his eyes.
nat's the last one standing
and every day is just a scratch on the log by the campfire
and a reminder that she still hasn't joined them
but she still keeps herself alive because killing herself would just waste their efforts but it hurts her a lot
and she sings by herself in front of the campfire and in the middle of the song her voice cracks and she starts crying really hard
bUT SHE STILL SINGS IT
AND SHE DOESn'T CARE IF SHE'LL ATTRACT ATTENTION BECAUSE WHAT'S THE POINT IF EVERYONE'S ALREADY LEFT
AND SHE'S LIKE THE LAST PERSON AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR HER TO GO WITH THEM
AND THE SONG'S DONE AND SHE JUST KEEPS CRYING UNTIL SHE CAN'T AND SLEEPS AND HOPES THE ZOMBIES TAKE HER WHILE SHE'S OUT
i can't i'm done with this AU any way i end it it's going to be painful anyway
i want zack to wear hipster glasses sometimes. maybe like they're reading glasses and he likes the specs taking up his whole vision, and then everyone's like "lol zack i thought you weren't one for the mainstream" "fuck off"
nate thinks it suits him though and he mumbles a thank you and jake snorts.
i've always wanted nate and zack to meet @ the school library like one day zack gets a book from the shelf and starts reading it and goes "what a lame book" and nate hears it on the opposite side of the bookshelf and he says through the hole zack made by getting that book and he says "this side of the shelf has better books, you know. i could show you around"
and then zack looks around him to see who said that
and then their convo goes on for a bit and zack goes "where are you?" and nate says "i think where i am is pretty obvious." and they talk while zack walks around the shelf to see who's talking and nate gets really nervous so he just walks while talking too to avoid meeting up and zack's thinking "motherfucker stay still"
and then zack gets tired of it and runs and cATCHES HIM AND HE SAYS SOMETHING COOL BY ACCIDENT AND NATE'S LIKE "woah he's pretty hot i wasn't prepared for this" and just stutters a lot after he sees his face
zack just thinks it's because maybe nate's not good with speaking with others face to face in general
