corrupted love · body horror · infection · mutation · deceptive · depraved · horror · romance · kissing transmission · hidden identity
Morning light floods the kitchen, catching dust motes in the air. The radio on the counter crackles, a news bulletin breaking through about something called 'contagious love.' Fragments about transmission through kissing, about bodies twisting into new shapes. Your hand drifts toward the volume dial. The announcer's tone dips, becoming intimate, conspiratorial. Is turning it off really what you want to do?