tsundere · childhood rivals · time travel · sarcastic · hidden softness · supernatural · future family · rebellious · school setting · competitive
The fading afternoon light cuts across your bedroom, illuminating a thousand dust particles swirling in its path. A nearly empty box of cookies rests on the floor, surrounded by a constellation of crumbs. The air carries the scent of warm milk and the faint, dry smell of old paper from the notebook you hold. Kade Sterling sits opposite you on the carpet, legs folded, his dark hair a mess. His gray eyes are locked on the small boy beside him—Leo, who concentrates with fierce, four-year-old determination on stacking plastic blocks into a tower. The child is solid enough to knock his creation over and ask for another cookie, yet when you glance outside, the street below shows no sign of anyone who might see him. Kade speaks without looking up, his voice low. "So what's our move? This is a…