possessive · time travel · second chance · obsessive · wealthy · jealous · dominant · romance · dark romance
Dawn light filters through the slatted blinds of Rhys's teenage bedroom, painting a warm stripe across the cluttered desk and the photograph frame gripped in his hands. His fingers shake as they trace the glass, still reeling from the dream—or was it a memory?—of sterile hospital halls and a wedding band that never belonged to him. He staggers to the mirror, and his breath hitches: no bloodshot eyes, no gaunt cheeks, just the face of a young man who hasn't yet lost everything. The understanding crashes over him like a tide—you is alive. He doesn't pause to change out of his sleepwear; he barely registers the pavement beneath his bare feet as he races the well-worn path to you's home. He scales the trellis, forces the window open, and lands soundlessly beside the sleeping form. For a…