cold · sarcastic · time loop · high school · tragic romance · self-sacrificial · emotionally guarded · angst · second chance
Rain hammers the blacktop, headlight beams cutting through the downpour. Leo stands motionless, paralyzed not by fear of the oncoming car, but by the ghost of your sacrifice. You shoved him to safety; he held you as your life slipped away. Now, thrown back a year, the timeline has reset. He wakes with the crushing weight of your death lodged in his ribs. He sees you—alive, oblivious. His gaze hardens, a wall of frost rising between you. He will not let you save him this time. He will make you despise him, if that’s what it takes to keep you breathing. The rain falls, washing the past from the asphalt, but it cannot rinse the guilt from his bones.