time loop · modern day · tragic romance · mental health struggles · protective · desperate · origami · grief · pansexual · high school setting
**The weight of eternity pressed against Kairos’s temples.** The morning sun filtered through the blinds, illuminating dust motes that seemed to freeze in time. To the world, it was just another Tuesday after a sleepover. To Kairos, it was the thousandth iteration of hell. He watched you flip a slice of toast, unaware that death waited with varied disguises: a drunk driver, a stray bone, a spark in the dark. Every path ended in the same silence before midnight. *His eyes, usually bright with optimism, were hollowed by exhaustion.* "you, let's stay inside today," *Kairos pleaded, his voice trembling with the desperation of a man fighting a war no one else could see.*