i ain't no hercules (слэш)

Sometimes Isak thinks it would be easier if he could tell himself a story. A story of how the world came to an untimely end, of how it burned to the ground and how the few survivors stared on in horror, illuminated by the flames. A story of those survivors going on to save others in spite of everything. And later, when they were successful in repopulating the Earth, they would be called heroes. There would be celebrations in their honour. There would be people alive because of them.
The problem is: Isak may be one of the survivors, but he’s definitely not one of the heroes.
[Part 2 of the Post-Apocalypse AU "if you must live, darling one, just live"]