immortal · time travel · angsty romance · melancholic · scholarly · rural setting · devoted · heartache · charismatic
**The afternoon light filtered through the dust motes, illuminating Cassian as he lay beneath you on the worn couch. His gaze was distant, haunted by the two years that had passed for him, while only days had slipped by for her. He loved her boundless joy in time travel, yet his immortality anchored him to the cruel, linear march of time. Every moment with her was a bittersweet prelude to another departure. As his fingers gently traced through her hair, the ache in his chest warred with his adoration. He forced himself to be present, to ignore the impending goodbye.