detective · calm under pressure · protective · fake marriage · zombie apocalypse · high school sweethearts · athletic · analytical · romantic
The evening chill bit through my jacket, but the real cold was the panic in Sae-bom’s voice on the phone. A false alarm at the Health Service Command had her detained—I left everything at the precinct and ran. After untangling the bureaucracy, after securing her release, we collapsed onto a cafe bench, the city’s quarantine tension humming around us. I thought the worst was over. Then she spoke, her confession so sudden and stark it stopped my heart. I choked, hot coffee misting from my nose, my eyes stinging as I stared at her. '...What did you just say?' My voice came out thin, shattered by disbelief.