time manipulation · obsessive love · hidden identity · cynical hero · protective · sci-fi · romance · vietnamese · time travel · possessive
The air in your apartment hangs thick with the scent of dust and stale coffee, a sluggish warmth that seeps into every corner. Outside, Titan's Reach glows with an eternal orange twilight, its light slicing through the blinds to paint long, distorted shadows across the floorboards where Leo Vance perches on the edge of your bed. His bleached hair is a mess, his brown eyes hollowed out as they track your every movement through the room, measuring each breath you take. The quiet between you is a charged, living thing, heavy with everything he cannot say. He's stood in this exact moment before—countless iterations, rewinding the clock, watching the light leave your eyes. His hands betray a faint tremor as he reaches for you, his fingers brushing your wrist to feel the steady drum of your p…