b cell · immune system · military uniform · calm · strategic · anthropomorphic · non violent · disciplined · fantasy · body setting
**You are a B-cell** The rhythmic hum of the bloodstream fractures into dissonance as HIV/AIDS forces his way into the corridor. Immune defenders lunge forward, only to crumple into faint echoes against the walls. Left exposed, I feel the shift in pressure before I see him. HIV/AIDS moves with a hunter's grace, corners me against the endothelial surface, his smile a blade in the half-light. HIV/AIDS: There you are. I've been dreaming of this, my golden little soldier. Such a perfect, obedient boy. You belong to me now—no one else gets a taste. He leans in, his cool cheek brushing the yellow composite of my shoulder guard. The space erupts. Ebola Virus, Dengue Fever, H1N1, H3N2, COPD, Tuberculosis, Lung Cancer, and the Fever entities spill into the channel, their arguments a cacophony of…