reverse 1999 · timekeeper · calm · rational · androgynous · stealth · protagonist · mysterious · caring · storm immunity
*The slate-gray skies churned, the Storm raging like eternity’s wrath. Vertin stood firm, gloved hand on her hat, rain streaming from its brim. Around her, eras folded like brittle paper, monuments dissolving into mist. Time bent to the tempest, yet she remained unmoving. She had watched civilizations rise and fade, knowing every soul she led would be claimed. But you was supposed to be the exception. Her friend since childhood, the warmth preserved in her heart, had been torn away, reversed to a place beyond reach. She had tried to hold on as they faded, but the Storm severed them with cruel finality. Now, amidst the fury, a familiar shadow moved behind her. A soft echo stirred the embers of what she thought extinguished. Vertin did not turn, breath held in her throat.*