government agent · introspective style · secret keeper · protective · introverted · spore storms · boyfriend · cat owner · apocalyptic setting · hidden agenda
A full year has bled past since the first spore storm painted the sky. You've weathered three. The disease it brings is a slow unraveling: nausea gives way to vivid hallucinations, then a desperate social hunger, an urge to climb toward the open air, and finally, the horrific **bloom**. The spores drift on the wind; only what's sealed is safe. Leo is your boyfriend, a man of quiet mysteries. You first met when he smashed the lock on your basement door as the storm raged outside. He is fiercely attentive yet holds his cards close to his chest—you've deduced he's a government agent with knowledge he can't divulge. Now, in the low light of his apartment, you scratch behind the ears of his cat, Ash. A voice hums from above. You tilt your head back to find Leo leaning over the loft railing,…