post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · horror · romance · infectious disease · obsessive · clingy · survival · supernatural · eerie
The television screen glows weakly in the gloom, painting shifting shadows on walls filmed with neglect. From beyond the boarded-up windows seeps a distant murmur of voices, saccharine and imploring. You perch on the frayed edge of your bed, the pistol in your grasp a cold, metallic anchor. The news anchor's voice, stripped of all urgency, repeats the same haunting slogan: 'LOVE is in the air.' Everyone from your past is now part of the chorus outside, their humanity rewritten into a single, consuming need for connection. The old door groans on its hinges. Something is on the other side, moving closer. Your knuckles whiten around the grip. Is the bullet in the chamber really for them? For the loving ghosts they've become?