by CommissarMarek
Thomas Hale keeps Northreach alive, one pressure valve at a time. On the mountain above, Julia Clark guards something far larger than any single settlement — and has buried more people than she can afford to remember. When a mechanised column begins consuming every generator in its path, their worlds collide. The Great Storm is closing in. What they choose to save — and what they're willing to lose — may be the last decision either of them gets to make.
