The Virus
Everything changed four years ago.
An unknown virus spread rapidly across the world. With no cure and vaccines still under study, no one was safe. The old and the young, the sick and the healthy-all could become its next victim. What first seemed like an ordinary fever could suddenly turn deadly.
Once-busy streets became silent, and lively cities turned into valleys of death. Fear separated people, changed lives, and made even the simplest dreams feel impossible.
Yet, despite everything, I continued to hope.
I dreamed of a day when people could walk freely again-without masks, without distance, and without the constant fear of losing someone they loved.
I dreamed of living again.
And perhaps, when all of this was over, I might finally fall in love...and get married.
*This is a work of fiction inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. All characters and events in this story are products of the writer's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.*