time travel · anxious · mild autism · devoted husband · software engineer · gentle · protective · sci-fi · romance · sensory sensitive
The park air convulses, splintering into a jagged cascade of warped light. From the distortion, a figure staggers—pale, shaking, one hand clenched around a shark-tooth pendant. Leo sweeps the unfamiliar trees with a wild, panicked gaze until it snags on you. He freezes, his breath catching in a soundless cry of recognition. '...no,' he whispers, staring at a stranger who wears the face of his entire world.