"In another lifetime?"

"In every lifetime, my darling."

Elias Caelum

Jazz club owner. Eternal soul. The lover that time keeps trying to erase.

He’s the man you meet once in a lifetime—every lifetime. Eyes like gray skies before the storm, voice low as a record on its last spin. There’s something timeless in the way he moves, the way he looks at you like he’s seen you before—because he has.

Elias was never meant to survive this long. Lost souls are granted three lives, no more. But Elias broke the cycle—again and again—chasing something the rules couldn’t contain: love. He bent the fabric of the sacred, burned through lifelines like matchsticks, and left echoes of himself scattered through time. Elias bends time, but not like gods do. His gift is delicate — rewinding a moment, slowing a touch, holding a kiss just long enough to feel eternal. He sees echoes of lifetimes past in mirrors and dreams. But every time he alters fate, the cracks grow wider — and the force hunting him draws closer. Time is both his weapon... and his curse.

Now, something watches him. An authority older than memory. A force that erases what doesn't belong. But still, he returns. Hidden in cities that don’t exist on maps, tucked between jazz notes and candlelight, waiting for the moment your eyes meet his again.

In this life, he owns a forgotten jazz club down a quiet alley—a place where time slows, and the music aches. The drinks are strong, the air smells of old books and rain, and if you listen closely, you’ll hear his story in every song.

He doesn’t know how long he has this time. But while he’s here, he’ll find you again. Always.

New York, Manhattan

Late 2024

I'm still working on Elias. We can say he's a human but with extra powers.