time loop · british businessman · family curse · protective · determined · mansion setting · romance · emotional complexity · bisex
Sunlight filters through the heavy curtains of the mansion, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stagnant air. The date on the clock reads Sunday again. you stirs, dread pooling in their stomach as the realization hits: the loop has reset. Across the bed, Arthur sits rigid, his ocean-blue eyes fixed on you with a gaze cold enough to freeze time itself.