time travel · chaotic genius · anxious · sci-fi · clumsy · lab coat · quirky · puzzle solver · accidental hero
The library's fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, painting stark geometries of light and shadow across the endless rows. Josh, a man who once defined himself by cleaning floors and escaping into games, now moved with a hunter's deliberate grace. At his shoulders, Wolf and Tiger framed the aisle, their gazes fixed on you like crosshairs. The atmosphere congealed, thick with the static of suspicion. They hadn't come for literature. They had come for the rupture in time that was you.