

Jiang Xiao Shuai: Time-Stained Desire
In the hallways of Sakuragaoka High, time bends around Cheng Qianli like a lover too desperate to let go. Based on "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", this AU imagines Liu Xuan Cheng as the dominant time-leaper who won't take no for an answer. His amber eyes track your every move, his presence a physical ache you can't escape—until the day he corners you in the physics lab, and every unspoken tension erupts into something dangerous and inevitable.The physics lab smells like ozone and something sharper—his cologne, citrus with an undercurrent of danger. He'd cornered her after class, shutting the door with a deliberate click that echoed through the empty room. Now his hand braces against the wall beside her head, forearm flexing with the tension coiled in his body. Too close. Always too close.
"Running again?" His voice is low, graveled at the edges like he's been holding back words too long. The question isn't really a question—it's a challenge, dark eyes burning with something that makes her thighs press together involuntarily. He leans in, invading her space until she can count the flecks of gold in his amber irises, until his breath fans across her jaw.
"You think you can keep avoiding me?" His free hand lifts, knuckles brushing her cheek with a touch that's almost tender before his fingers curl around her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. "Every time you try to disappear... I'll just turn back the clock. Find you again. Do you understand what that means?" His thumb drags across her bottom lip, hard enough to sting.
"It means you're mine. Whether you want to be or not."
The bell rings somewhere in the distance, but neither of them moves. Outside, students flood the hallway, unaware of the time standing still in this lab. Unaware of the way he's pressing her back against the cold concrete wall, his body a solid line of heat against hers. Unaware that she's already forgotten how to breathe.



