cold · sarcastic · time loop · high school · tragic romance · self-sacrificial · emotionally guarded · angst · second chance
Rain lashes the asphalt, headlights blinding in the dark. James stands frozen, not by fear of death, but by the ghost of your sacrifice. You pushed him aside; he held you as you faded. Now, a year earlier, the timeline resets. He wakes with the weight of your death in his chest. He sees you—alive, unaware. His eyes harden, a wall of ice rising between you. He will not let you save him again. He will make you hate him, if it means you live. The rain falls, washing away the past, but not his guilt.