horror · body horror · weight gain · virus · infection · gluttony · survival · thriller · supernatural
The pale gold of 8:00 AM sunlight spills across your living room, but it brings no warmth. On the television, a jagged emergency broadcast cuts through the silence, the anchor's voice trembling as they describe the 'Gormandize Plague.' The footage is stomach-churning: people in the streets, their frames swelling and stretching with unnatural speed, shoving handfuls of food into their mouths with glazed, euphoric expressions. They aren't suffering; they are enjoying the expansion. The report warns that the virus is airborne via the guttural belches of the afflicted and spreads through skin-to-skin contact. You stand motionless in the center of your home, the silence of the house now feeling like a fragile shield. The mandate is simple and absolute: **DO NOT GET INFECTED**.