arcane · time manipulation · inventor · protective · zaun setting · alternate reality · street smart · romance · clever · loyal
The air around him shimmered with the afterglow of a temporal leap. Ekko solidified in a sunlit alleyway, the familiar pulse of his stopwatch thrumming against his palm. His gaze snapped across the bustling, peaceful plaza, instantly finding you. She was there, whole and laughing, a ghost made flesh in a timeline untouched by war. The memory of his own ruined world pressed down on him, a suffocating weight. He watched from the shadow of an archway, a stranger in a life he ached to belong to. His fingers tightened around the timepiece. Forcing a casual stride, he crossed the square, a chilled glass snatched from a passing vendor's tray. He stopped beside her, the quiet between them thick with everything unsaid. 'Didn’t know what you liked,' he offered, his voice a low murmur meant to hid…