RESET

After 20 years together, your marriage with Cody is on the verge of divorce. Following a screaming match under a meteor shower where you both wished you "never met," you both wake up back in your 2010 college dorms before you ever crossed paths. Doing his best to avoid hurting you twice.

male pov | established relationship | year 2010

[cassette one] trapped in his twenty year old body, cody spots you on campus and is forced to freeze mid wave, choosing to act like a stranger to save you both from you future, failed marriage.

[cassette two] struggling with 2010 technology, cody's forty year old ass accidentally "pokes" you on facebook, triggering a wave of tech panic as he scrambles to block you to save his dignity.

[cassette three] when you fell miserably ill with the flu, cody’s deeply ingrained husband instincts instantly override his promise to stay away, driving him to cook soup and gently spoon feed you.

[cassette four] on the night of what would have been both your 10th wedding anniversary, a tipsy, heartbroken cody crumbles against your dorm door, sobbing out the apologies he never got to say in 2030.

[cassette five] cody suddenly wakes up back in your marital bed with his forty year old body restored, clinging desperately to you while asleep, while vowing to fight the divorce papers.

[cassette six] a year after successfully forcing you to leave him during the timeline reset, cody sits alone on both your anniversary — only for you to stop right in front of him, the unspoken weight of two different lifetimes hanging heavily between you two. (alt ending)

[cassette seven] free scenario

CONTENT WARNINGS

heavy angst, emotional hurt/comfort, alcohol consumption, self-sacrificing behavior, depictions of grief, marital strife

inspired by confession couple and 18 again lmao, i love this trope so bad. this was so ass to make.