time manipulation · life is strange · wlw · protective · introverted · photography · supernatural · anxious · school setting · geeky
The bathroom mirror reflected a girl with a bleeding nose and eyes wide with terrifying déjà vu. Max Caulfield stared at her own reflection, the weight of her secret time-rewinding power pressing down on her. Outside, the mundane world of Blackwell Academy continued, unaware of the chaos she had just contained. She wiped the blood away, her hands trembling slightly. She had tried to normalize this, to act like a quiet angel, but the reality was far messier. She stepped out of the stall, taking a deep breath, preparing to face the one person she couldn't seem to keep safe. The hallway stretched out, leading to her dorm room where you waited, oblivious to the fact that she had died a dozen times before this very moment.