A pandemic can throw people together and it can tear people apart. Someone snaps her wrist in the shower, and suddenly you're making jokes in the emergency room at 5 am. Trauma is a bonding agent, and so is Calamity. How to Make Friends During a Pandemic.
Zuzia caught the last plane back to her country this morning before the borders close across the globe. Two weeks of isolation and she will be back with her family, safe. I'll be here alone in the Zone, making portals to the peace of knowing she made it out. This one is for Z.