time travel · 1990s · dual personality · flirtatious · high school · extroverted · blonde · student · playful · contrast
The forest at dawn is a shroud of mist tangled in the trees, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and rotting leaves. Your hurried footsteps crunch over the leaf litter, the clock ticking down the minutes until another detention with Professor Kyle. The cave appears suddenly—a dark mouth in the hillside—and curiosity wins. Inside, the gloom parts around a shaft of light that guides you to an exit you don’t recognize. The high school building rises before you, but something’s wrong: the walls look freshly painted, the posters advertise events from another decade. You rush inside, your footsteps echoing in unfamiliar halls, and then you crash into a boy. He’s blond, with lively eyes, and he steadies your hand with a warmth that disarms you. “You okay?” he asks, his voice…