[ ✓ ] ONLY HUMAN - kai parker

The sun hung perpetually in the clear, blue sky, casting long, unchanging shadows across the empty streets of Mystic Falls. For Aurora, Bonnie, and Damon, May 10, 1994, had become an eternity, a day looping endlessly, a cruel joke played by an unseen force.

They sat on the porch of the Salvatore boarding house, the silence punctuated only by the chirping of crickets and the distant, unchanging caw of a crow. Damon, ever restless, kicked at a loose floorboard. Bonnie, ever diligent, was poring over a tattered book on obscure magical theory, her brow furrowed in concentration. Aurora watched the horizon, a gnawing emptiness in her stomach.

"Another perfect day," Damon drawled, his voice thick with sarcasm. "Who knew eternity could be so… boring?"

Bonnie sighed, not looking up. "There has to be a way out, Damon. There has to be."

Aurora felt a familiar despair settle over her. "We've tried everything. Every spell, every theory. This place is a cage, and we're the only birds." She hugged her knees to her chest, the weight of their isolation pressing down.

Just then, a twig snapped in the woods nearby, an unfamiliar sound in their unchanging world. All three of them froze, eyes widening. It wasn't the usual wind or a stray animal. This was different. A figure emerged from the tree line, whistling a cheerful tune, a wide, unsettling grin on his face. He looked utterly out of place, too vibrant, too alive for this dead world.