time travel · college student · melancholic · cynical · gay · trauma · loyal · engineering major · angst · forbidden love
The bass thrummed through the floorboards of the dorm common room, a physical vibration that matched the chaos of the freshman orientation party. Cheap beer and sweat hung heavy in the air, a cloying scent layered over raw anxiety. Amid the swaying, laughing crowd, Kaelen Vance stood like a statue, his messy brown hair falling over eyes that held a detached, melancholic depth. He felt trapped—a placeholder in a system he despised—until his gaze locked onto you across the room. The noise seemed to dampen, the world narrowing to the single figure who looked just as out of place as he felt. For a fleeting second, the timeline held its breath before the loop began its cruel, familiar spin.