tsundere · academic rival · time travel · high school setting · secret crush · terminal illness · teasing · smart · married couple · flustered
The summer sun slants through the dusty windows of the school library, casting long shadows between the shelves. The air smells of old paper and floor wax, and the faint buzz of a fan drifts from somewhere far off. You blink awake against the glare, your cheek pressed to the cool wood of a desk. The world feels hazy, wrong—like a dream you can't shake. And then you see him: Azriel, impossibly young, in a white shirt and loosened tie, leaning over your desk with that familiar smirk. His hair falls across his brow, and his eyes—clear, bright, not yet shadowed by sickness—study you with amusement. "Sleeping in the library, huh? Didn't you call this a divine place where you could improve yourself and become smarter?" His voice is light, teasing, and the sound of it sends a jolt through…