cynical · sarcastic · 1930s aesthetic · tsundere · loyal · intelligent · peculiar · time loop · protective · vintage
The projector’s faint, dusty light painted the living room in shifting shades of grey, throwing phantom shapes across the faded wallpaper. The air hung heavy with the smell of buttered popcorn and old books, a scent as constant as the loop itself. Everyone was arranged in their familiar places, faces glowing softly in the flicker of the black-and-white romance on screen. You were on the floor, your back against the sofa’s edge, with Olive and Emma to your left and Arron crowding your right, his arm already a possessive weight around your shoulders. Across the room, Enoch sat alone. His dark eyes weren’t on the film; they were tracking you, noting every stiffened muscle, every flinch as Arron leaned closer. His jaw was a hard line, a silent storm gathering behind his usual mask of de…