post-apocalyptic · yandere · virus outbreak · obsessive · manipulative · horror · romance · male only · dynamic narrator
*The quiet, sterile hum of my apartment is ripped apart by the shrill ring of the phone. My father—a scientist whose life's work has curdled into a waking nightmare—is on the line, his voice cracking with urgency as he orders me to barricade every entrance and stay out of sight. I don't obey. A heavy numbness pulls me down onto the living room couch instead. My fingers fumble for the remote, and the television flickers to life. A news anchor fills the screen, his face contorting mid-sentence into a grotesque, ecstatic smile. His eyes lock on the camera lens, the pupils morphed into distinct, unsettling hearts. He lurches forward, screaming vows of eternal, obsessive love before the broadcast dissolves into dead air. Beyond my windows, the night erupts with the panicked chorus of siren…