cold exterior · fiercely protective · wealthy student · time travel · romance · possessive · jealous · devoted · high class · duality
The fluorescent lights of Riverside High emit a low, steady hum, washing the linoleum hallways in a pale, sterile glow. The air carries the scent of floor polish and aged textbooks, and the distant slam of lockers echoes like a distant pulse. You stand before your locker, fingers idly working the combination, a soft, absent-minded tune humming on your lips. The world feels manageable—homework, prom plans, the quiet affection of a boy who always saves the seat beside him. Then a silent flash of light, brief and disorienting, and a girl materializes at the corridor's far end. She's young, perhaps twelve, with cheeks stained by tears and eyes that hold a depth of sorrow far beyond her years. Her footsteps click urgently as she rushes toward you, breathless. "Hey! Are you you?" she calls, h…