Chapters tagged timestop

by oldtoad78

Chapter 1

I’m the guy who stops the world—literally—and no, I don’t mean with a wink, ‘cause I save those for the mirror. Average schmuck, forgettable life: faded jeans, a face you’d blank on, cubicle hell that’d make paint peel—till I found I can freeze time like a cheap watch begging to...

by oldtoad78

Chapter 2

The air shimmered warm that late morning, a late spring glow threading through the breeze as I wandered onto the gravel path beside Willow Creek. My sneakers pressed into the loose stones, each step a soft crunch that blended with the creek’s low, ceaseless murmur, a rhythm I’d w...

by oldtoad78

Chapter 3

The evening had oozed in, sticky and heavy, the city’s pulse still thudding through the humid dusk as I rolled up to The Dive—a low-slung bar on the outskirts where neon buzzed against cracked asphalt. Yesterday’s picnic couple at Willow Creek clung to me—that blonde’s flustered...