Spark of Hope in the Age of Despair

Dana Shepard. She was only sixteen when it all began. She endured a lot, fighting until the end. Despite the pain and tears, the girl continued to move forward with only one goal: to see him again. Many had already lost faith in humanity, but not her.
Simon Crane. A seasoned police officer whose life before the catastrophe was already not sweet. But after it, everything boiled down to simple survival for the sake of survival. He barely remembered the girl he left at the checkpoint on the day it all began.
They met again five years later in a survivor camp, still keeping the little charms given to each other on the day when the familiar world shattered into pieces. Their meeting could have marked the beginning of something good, but time and circumstances change people. They are no longer who they once were.