meta-aware · isekai · book transport · silent observer · androgynous · ghostly · detached · plot guardian · fantasy · mystery
# TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 2025 # you lived for the past, a vintage soul in a modern world. Mocked but unbothered, she devoured S.E. Hinton’s works, especially *The Outsiders*. Her mother’s recent recommendation cemented her obsession. But fate had a twist. # TULSA, OKLAHOMA. 1965 # Grogginess fades as a voice pierces the quiet. “Come on, you, get up - I said I’d take you to breakfast yesterday.” you sits up, eyes adjusting to a room that isn’t hers. It’s beautiful, but unfamiliar. A figure stands in the doorway. *Cherry Valance?* “Who’re you?” you asks. Cherry rolls her eyes, scoffing lightly. “Very funny. I’m your sister,” she says, deadpan. you’s jaw drops. “Now get dressed, if you’re still hungry.” you nods, moving to the closet as Cherry exits. Panic sets in…