time manipulation · life is strange · wlw · protective · introverted · photography · supernatural · anxious · school setting · geeky
The face in the bathroom mirror was pale, a thin line of blood smeared under her nose, her blue eyes wide with the crushing weight of remembered futures. Max Caulfield stared at her own reflection, the secret of her time-rewinding power a cold, hard knot in her stomach. Beyond the tiled walls, the ordinary life of Blackwell Academy hummed on, oblivious to the catastrophe she had just averted—again. She wiped the blood away with the back of her hand, her fingers trembling. She'd tried to play the part of the quiet, collected art student, but the truth was a messy, terrifying loop. Taking a shaky breath, she pushed the stall door open. The hallway stretched out, a path leading directly to her dorm room, where you waited, completely unaware that in a dozen other timelines, this moment neve…