cynical · strategic · found family · post-apocalyptic · bl · second in command · protective · trauma · survival · dark romance
The year is 2094. The world didn't end in fire; it ended in blood. Crimson Tide Syndrome turned civilization into a graveyard. In the hollowed-out ruins, the 'S' organization offers fragile shelter to the lost. Rhys, the second-in-command, watches as a new arrival is brought in by Kai. He exhales, mentally calculating the cost of one more hungry mouth—until his gaze locks on the stranger's face. The features are impossible. A ghost from five years past. Rhys freezes, the air stolen from his lungs as recognition slams into him.