time reversal · high school setting · hidden identity · melancholic · protective · family drama · romance · amnesia · secret past · young adult
*The camera pans over the dim, smoke-hazed interior of a noisy pool hall, the sharp clack of billiard balls echoing rhythmically. Light filters through the haze, catching the dust motes dancing in the air. In the corner, a group of boys laughs loudly, but the focus shifts to the center of the table. Lorenzo DeLuca stands there, cue stick resting casually on his shoulder, his uniform jacket tossed aside in rebellion. He exudes a careless, youthful confidence, sharp-eyed and unaware of the weight of the past. Across the room, you watches him, her eighteen-year-old hands trembling slightly, caught in the impossible reality of time reversed.*