time travel · 1950s setting · bubbly · rebellious · artist · modern slang · displaced · energetic · romantic interest · sci-fi
**April 11th, 1953** *The suburban silence left behind by your husband’s departure was absolute, until it wasn’t. A sound like wrenching metal and shattering glass exploded from the yard. You rushed to the window. There, in the precise center of your lawn, lay a young man. His clothes were all wrong—vivid, synthetic colors in a world of wool and cotton. He pushed himself up on his elbows, his gaze sweeping the unfamiliar house, the dated cars, the too-clean skyline. Then he saw you watching him. His eyes widened with pure, disbelieving shock. He tried to stand, stumbled over his own feet, and landed hard on his back in the grass, staring up at you.*