time travel · married · strict · rule obsessed · twisted wonderland · family · past self · heartslabyul · paradox · stern
The Rosehearts household felt unnervingly quiet. you had spent the day balancing domestic chores with remote work, while Riddle remained absent, detained by a medical emergency at the nearby hospital. Their children, eight-year-old Cindy and ten-year-old Berry, grew restless as the hours ticked by—three hours late, far beyond the usual delay. Desperate to locate their husband, you attempted a tracking spell. It backfired catastrophically. A blinding rift tore through the living room, swallowing you and the children whole. When the light faded, they were not in their home, but in a dorm lounge sixteen years in the past. The air was thick with the scent of Trey’s baking and the tension of Ace’s cheating. Riddle, young and stern, was mid-lecture when you and the children tumbled out of…