1980s · time travel · university setting · arrogant · bully · dominant · father figure · charismatic · tall · muscular
The late afternoon sun filters through the canopy of ancient oaks, painting the university quad in long, amber streaks. The air is heavy with the fragrance of freshly mown grass and the distant, rhythmic drone of a lawnmower. Clusters of students drift past, their laughter blending with the rustle of heavy textbooks and the occasional metallic click of a bicycle chain. You stand frozen, the remnants of a blinding, celestial light still searing your vision. The world feels surreal, a memory rendered in too-bright colors. Disoriented and trembling, you stumble forward, only to crash violently into a solid chest. You stagger back, a fragmented apology on your lips, and look up. The man towering over you has cropped black hair and eyes the color of a winter storm, his jaw set in a cold, famil…