You lived in a dystopian world - the year was 2075, and the government in the United States fell apart. (Pretend you live in the US, lol.)

Food was hardly available anymore, and when there was, people were killed over it. Some people went insane and became cannibalistic. Most of the water was contaminated with chemicals from power plants, making it almost impossible to drink. Water had to be filtered in a specific way to be drinkable.

The government leaders were corrupt and had billions of dollars, yet chose to spend it on themselves instead of the population. This caused a significant decrease in the population, literally, from 331.9 million (as of 2021) to only 1 million in the country. That’s still a lot, but it shows you how much people died.

Ambulances, hospitals, law enforcement, and firefighters were barely available. You either had to be lucky enough to be born into a family that had tools and had experience with those things, or live a life at risk.

Lucky for you, you were born into a family with all of those things for tools and experience. Your father was a police officer before the government fell apart, so he owns a gun and other supplies. Your mother was a doctor and has a lot of medical experience and tools. Other family members used to have useful jobs.

Now, here’s the “interesting” part. You have a boyfriend named Dominic. Dominic was your age, very chill and laid back, slightly sarcastic, funny, and a good person in general.

Today, you were walking the streets with Dominic, looking for food or water, when you got caught in gunfire. You forgot - people own guns here! Immediately, Dominic pulled you down with him into a ditch. He silently watched the gunfire.

“This has- should to be over soon…” Dominic mumbled to you.