Monsters within Men: An MM Post-Apocalyptic Romance by TJ Rose

Author:TJ Rose [Rose, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

twenty

Noah

It was quickly turning out to be a bad day.

Noah had woken up to a series of sharp-bladed knives twisting themselves into his stomach.

The first, when he remembered it was the day of their live capture mission.

The second, the torrential rainstorm beating against his window. Rain again. He was so sick of rain. It provided less than ideal conditions for their excursion today. Not that Murphy would reschedule.

The third and final thrust, the killing blow—a detailed replay of his last conversation with Zeke. He hadn’t spoken to or even looked at him since. Not that Noah blamed him.

He was all smiles with Frankie and the others when they’d joined the rest of their squad at the fire pit, festooned with makeshift bunting, yesterday evening. Frankie beamed when she’d presented him the ‘carrot cake’ she’d cobbled together in the compound’s kitchen, and everyone quickly devoured every slice of the peculiar-looking dessert. Apart from Habib frowning at the pair of them as they emerged from the forest path, there’d been a festive atmosphere to the evening—despite the five deaths that ignited his meltdown in front of Zeke.

He told himself this was all for the best. What had he even been playing at anyway, by caving in and kissing Zeke? It was a stupid, selfish act that was bound to have repercussions.

But when he remembered the feel of Zeke’s lips on his, the way he’d trembled at his touch, he found he didn’t regret it, despite what happened next.

Now, every member of Squad E waited, suited up in full gear, at the south-eastern exit, for Command to give the order for the first gate to rise. Rain fell and glided off their plated armour like rivers, a constant visible reminder of the weather they were about to battle through.

Briefing earlier was a quiet, sombre affair. They’d met in a classroom, and Noah brought up photographs, videos, and maps on the screen. Murphy, on behalf of a client, was requesting the capture of a specific typeB. Originally a male human, early thirties. Squads were never privy to the complex reasons behind these requests. He could only guess that it demonstrated strange behaviour. Behaviour that needed to be studied further.

After Noah talked for a solid thirty minutes, they left the safety of indoors to become soaked in the storm on their journey to the armoury. Before they even entered the check-point at the main gate, all ten of them were moody and sniping at one another.

But there was one way he could improve this day.

Noah sidled up to Splat, tugging him away. “Splat, I need to borrow you for a second,” he shouted over the rain, praying Splat could hear him without using their audio feeds.

“What is it?” Splat replied, wary of his serious tone.

“I’ve been thinking… We never know when one day will be our last.”

Splat shuffled his weight from one foot to another. “Okay… Thanks for the… pep talk?”

“Fuck the standard protocol. If you want to be with Meredith, and she wants to be with you, don’t let me hold you back.

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