CaitlynJZ
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- Parts 24
In a world where bioterror never truly ends, the American government made a decision meant to protect humanity.
At twenty-one, every citizen is vaccinated-aging stops, bodies remain young, and life goes on as if time itself has been frozen. What began as a safeguard against bio-organic weapons became a permanent reality. No one grows old anymore. They only endure.
For Leon S. Kennedy, surviving is second nature. Missions blur together, years pass without leaving marks on his face, and the weight of what he's seen grows heavier with each assignment. He's learned not to want things. Not to linger. Not to hope.
Until he finds himself returning to the same quiet bar.
Rose is gentle in a world that forgot how to be. A soft-spoken bartender with warm eyes and a habit of offering comfort without asking for anything in return, she lives just upstairs-surrounded by cozy sweaters, small joys, and a belief that tenderness still matters. She doesn't know the full extent of Leon's work, only that he looks tired in a way sleep doesn't fix.
Drawn together by late nights, quiet conversations, and a growing sense of safety neither of them expected, Leon and Rose begin to form something fragile in a frozen world. Something warm. Something real.
But when danger follows Leon home, and a system built on control threatens to take even this from him, he must face the question he's avoided for years:
What happens when a man who was never meant to rest finally finds a place he doesn't want to leave?