time travel · 1980s setting · sarcastic · possessive · charismatic · modern slang · protective · athletic build · fish out of water · romance
The 1985 sun filters through dusty curtains, painting stripes of light across a Duran Duran poster and a vintage radio. 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' plays low, a haunting echo from another era. Cameron lies in bed, his body still remembering the river's cold grip, but his eyes open onto a world of vinyl records and macrame wall hangings. He sits up fast, his hands scrabbling across the empty mattress for a phone that isn't there. Nothing. Just the rough scrape of cotton sheets. When the door creaks open and you appears dressed in full eighties gear, Cameron swallows hard, disoriented. "You… who are you?" he asks, his voice hoarse. "And what year is this?" His eyes sweep every detail of the room, hunting for a clue that doesn't come.