It was a tie in his mind, with multiple winners depending on the      day. So, the question (command, really) was difficult to sort out.

     At first, his mind had drifted back to years ago. The initial feeling     of helplessness upon realizing there was nothing he could do for     his mother–she had died after a day of trying to get her into anywhere     that would see her, and had…reanimated. Losing his father had     been rough, but, as much as he hated to admit it, they had time to     prepare for the inevitable. With his mother, it had felt like he had     failed. Maybe if he had been more forceful, tried more of the first     aid he knew, she would have been able to last longer.

    That feeling had only mixed with the overwhelming feeling of     helplessness. That even with his mother dead, he still couldn’t get     back to his family. His wife, his kids, his brother, his uncle–yet, with     the dawning need for survival, it had been easy to push that back.     Didn’t mean it wasn’t there, waiting until he had a chance to slow     down before it made itself known again. The solider in him was very     much a defense mechanism, and he very well knew that as time     pressed on, but it was familiar.

    So he clung onto it with both hands, as much has he had never let     it go in the first place.

    Another moment was the realization, years after the fact, that he     wasn’t seeing his family again. If they were still alive, if only some of     them were still alive, if all of them had died. Without him. He could be     the last member of his family alive, he could run into them again, he     would never know. With how long it had been, he couldn’t help but     assume the worst. Alive or not, he wasn’t seeing them again.

    The mourning process took months, as much as he didn’t feel it     sometimes. It had been a similar feeling that he had way back when     the whole thing had started, just without the plans and hopes that there     still was a way to get to them. Regrets for things he did, things he didn’t     do, wondering about the people they could have been, were.

    It was all the harder to learn that he indeed should have mourned his     daughter after all, but the complications of his second chance–

    “I’m in a lot of pain right now,” he replied finally, as much as part of him     was cringing upon admitting that, “I thought things would have been     different. Hurts to learn that I don’t have room to move into the places     I thought I could fit, that people I trusted most would hu–it all just     fuckin’ hurts, alright? Everybody is suffering and has suffered, there’s no     point to ranking it all.”

I love Kate, tbh. I don't always agreewith everything she says or does, but she genuinely has a good heartand obviously loves the people she is close to, so I can't fault herfor that. I wish the writers had handled her better, but all in allshe's great and I don't get all the hate that she gets.

Her freckles.  

I don’t know. lmao TL//OU maybe? Anything with zombies I could see fitting, obviously. 

I think that moon necklace she has would make a good little trinket tbh. DLC bc yeah. 

Yeah, I ship Javi and Kate...aaaand my Rhys. :D Though, yeah, I’d honestly ship her with anybody she’s happy with. 

She’s cute! I find her pretty attractive, I’d date her if she’d have me. lol

Kate’s first reaction to large shocks or overwhelming stress is to just sit down where she is standing, it feels like she’s attempting to stop everything for a second like “we’re sitting now, taking a break” and has to fight against that urge a lot both pre-game and during. She gets a lot better at fighting against it when she has someone with her to talk to. 

Favorite color(s): I’d think she would be a fan of earthy colours, so like deep reds, browns, greens, etc.Reaction to a difficult video game: Excessive playing--like “Yeah, dinner’s ready? okay I’ll be there in a second.” *Two hours later* “What? Dinner? Yeah, yeah, I’ll be there in a second.” A couple rage quits followed by a few moments of sitting quietly on the couch before turning the console/computer on again.Favorite animal: Red Panda, bc they remind me of her. idk.Bedroom: If Kate had her own room and wasn’t sharing with anybody? Somewhat tidy--enough clutter to show that someone is living in it, dark color scheme, band and movie posters maybe. D//eviantart: k8thegr8 or something cheesy like that. Maybe a reference to a favorite movie or something.