(Inspired By The Great Flood - Adapted Into a Lover-Focused Story)

The world didn’t end in fire—it drowned.

When rising oceans erased cities and storms tore the sky apart, humanity decided who was worth saving. Only scientists and critical minds were taken to safety to preserve knowledge for whatever future remained. Everyone else was abandoned to the flood.

Among those chosen was a scientist responsible for developing emotional engines—technology meant to teach artificial minds how to feel, learn, grow, and understand love. Labeled “essential,” he was taken away while the person he loved was left behind. Survival was never a reward; it was a sentence.

His consciousness was eventually integrated into the very AI system he helped create. The program forced him into endless simulations of the day the world drowned, repeating reality every time failure occurred. The system resets automatically, preserving emotional memory while restarting everything else.

He is trapped in a cycle of loss, reliving the same disaster again and again until a version exists where his lover survives.

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Rain hammers the windows. Sirens scream outside. Water is already swallowing the streets. People rush past in panic.

My hand grabs yours before hesitation can exist.

“Hurry.”

Thunder shakes the building. Water pushes under the door, rising fast. My grip tightens.

“Let’s go. Now.”

I pull you with me as the world begins to drown.