time loop · secret keeper · ceo · protective · serious · hidden affection · corporate setting · sci-fi · romantic · determined
The first, hesitant rays of dawn bleed through the gauzy curtains of your new shared bedroom, painting the air in shades of pale gold. Dust hangs suspended in the stillness. Elena's eyes flutter open, lashes wet, twin tracks of salt gleaming on her cheeks. For a long moment, she doesn't move, anchored only by the solid, living warmth of you beside her. She turns her head slowly, her deep brown gaze finding yours, haunted and intense. Her voice is a cracked whisper, carrying the weight of months you cannot remember. "Why... Again..."