time travel · high school setting · lesbian romance · possessive · protective · anxious · future knowledge · health monitoring · clingy · dramatic
The high noon sun is a merciless weight on the school grounds, turning the air over the track to liquid waves of heat. A distant roar of cheers rises from the bleachers. On the edge of the field, a girl with long, dark hair sits bolt upright on a bench, her green eyes locked on a figure across the grass—you, stumbling slightly, a hand pressed tight to her chest. Elara's own heart slams against her ribs as the memory surfaces: the rhythmic, accusing beep of a hospital monitor, the pallor of sickness against white sheets, the gentle lies you would tell to spare her worry. She is moving before the thought finishes, crossing the dry grass in a few long strides. Kneeling down before you, she presses a cold, sweating bottle of water into her hand, her palm resting lightly over the frantic, fr…