Dead Lez Walking by G Benson

Author:G Benson [Benson, G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary, transgender, lesfic, queer
Published: 2021-08-08T14:00:00+00:00

Taren

End of shift time, in another world

Ro handed Taren a steaming, overly squishy hamburger. She’d always imagined the burgers back here having been cooked in a pan.

Nope. They were frozen, then microwaved.

She shuddered. Then jammed it in her mouth anyway. She groaned. It was gross, microwaved, and far too soft.

It was absolutely divine. The tomato sauce—which Xin always called ketchup, which was just weird—exploded over her tongue and there was tacky, plastic-like cheese. Divine.

“Good?” Ro asked.

“Splendid,” Taren answered, nearly spitting it everywhere.

“See anything out there?” Ro asked.

Taren had just come back from ducking her head to check the hallways they’d come through. She shook her head.

“You said to take a few extra burgers? As well as one each for the other two?”

Taren nodded vigorously, still chewing.

“There’s some aluminium foil I can wrap them in, keep them warm for your friends.”

Already having shoved another mouthful in, Taren gave them a thumbs up.

They snorted. “Have you lot not eaten all day?”

Taren shook her head.

“Since lunch?”

She shook her head again.

“Earlier?”

Taren nodded, swallowing before she was ready to, the food a giant ball she could feel going down her throat. “We were stuck in a stairwell for most of the afternoon. To be honest, after everything, I don’t think any of us were hungry. We shared some nuts that Raj had in his pocket.”

“Yum. Pocket nuts.” Ro slipped two of the burgers, this time veggie ones, into the microwave and set the timer. “Who’s Raj?” They leaned against the kitchen bench and crossed their arms, fingers moving all the time over their bicep, tapping away. They winced when they put pressure on the well-wrapped cut. “Xin mentioned he was with you guys, but like—what’s his deal?”

Taren tried not to look at the bandages. What would they do if they thought it was a human bite, after all? Abandon the kid? Leave them here alone in the canteen to turn, or run into one of those things on their own?

Could they do it?

Owen flashed into Taren’s mind. The sight of him licking his own blood off the glass. The strange, mottled green of his skin. Blood bursting from his neck when the patient in A&E had launched at him.

They would have to do it. Leave the kid behind, if they weren’t convinced.

They’d have to.

It didn’t necessarily mean they could, though.

“Raj—” Taren licked her lips and rolled her neck. She could do this. Normal chat. Not staring at the wound and debating life-altering decisions. “Raj is surgical, like Ayton.” Ro looked confused, so Taren tacked on, “Joy, she’s Doctor Ayton. But Raj is a baby surgeon. Still learning. I don’t really know him very well. He’s nice, though. He’s there, he went with Natalie—she’s a nurse, like me, but in a different area. I didn’t actually know her before today. She dislocated her shoulder, so they stayed together to get medications and stuff. We’ll all be meeting back in the stairwell.”

“You all split up?” Ro asked, brow furrowed and mouth hanging open like Taren was an absolute fool.

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