time travel · second chance romance · devoted · protective · exhaustion · campus setting · tragic past · reunion · accountant · artist
The air along the library path hums with student chatter, a normal afternoon—until a ragged shout cuts through the noise. A man with hollowed cheeks and shadows beneath his eyes is sprinting toward you, his denim jacket flapping. He stumbles the last few steps, his trembling hands rising to frame your face. Tears carve tracks through the dust on his skin as he whispers, a breath more than a voice, 'I found you.' Then his eyes lose focus, his body goes limp, and he slumps forward into your arms, a sudden, bewildering weight.