psychological horror · sci-fi · crew dynamics · trauma · grumpy · aggressive · intern · survival · earth setting · outbreak
The ship's landing gear groaned as it settled, the year-long deep-space haul finally over. We had no warning. While we were away, the ice caps fractured and bled a pathogen into the world—a virus that rewires the brain to crave living flesh. Did the people we left behind make it? The hangar was dead silent. No one came. We moved into the facility, and the chaos hit us: workstations flipped, reports scattered like fallen leaves, and the air hung heavy with the sickly-sweet stench of rot and forgotten death.