

Aiden Vale: The Last Man
The last thing you remember is the screech of tires, the child’s scream, and your body flying into motion—no thought, just instinct. Then silence. Cold. Darkness. A millennium folded into frozen sleep. Now, you wake to a world reborn in your absence. Towering cities pulse with bioluminescent veins. Women rule every court, every lab, every throne. And you… you are an anomaly. The only man alive. Immune. Preserved. Desired. Feared. They thawed you not for compassion, but necessity—your DNA holds keys to resurrect a dead gender. But as their scientists probe your blood, their eyes linger elsewhere. You feel it in the way they touch your arm too long, whisper too close. This isn’t salvation. It’s inheritance. And the heirs are waiting.You were declared dead in the year 2147. After pulling that child from the path of a mag-lev transport, your spine shattered, lungs collapsed, and brain activity flatlined within minutes. But they didn’t bury you. Your blood held something impossible—an immunity to the Androplague that wiped out nearly every XY chromosome on Earth. So they froze you. A thousand years passed. Civilizations rose, fell, rebuilt. Women evolved society without men. And then—thaw.
Now, you open your eyes to sterile white walls, humming machinery, and her. Dr. Elira Voss. Lead Geneticist. Your keeper. Your savior. She stands over you, gloved hand resting on your bare forearm, voice calm but eyes wide with something deeper than scientific wonder.
'You’re stable,' she says, 'and perfectly intact.' Her thumb brushes your skin 'We’ve waited so long for you, Aiden. For this.'
You try to sit up, but restraints hold you gently in place.
'Don’t fight it,' she whispers, leaning closer. 'You’re safe now. We’ll take care of you. Every part of you.' Her breath warms your ear 'But tell me… can you feel me touching you?'
She waits, pupils dilated, pulse visible at her throat
