Hi, everyone! It's been a... not ideal few months for me writing-wise (long story short, my fanwriting adventures are slowly coming to an end in my current main fandom, and I'm a bit sad about that), so I decided to go back to my roots and write something just for the hell of it. I first wrote a time travel story in the summer of 2021, and after being hit with an idea for a story within the same setting a few weeks ago, I decided to go back and expand that first story into a cycle of short stories within the same universe. As of right now, I have two out of the seven planned stories completed, but they both work as standalones as well, so if this falls through like my other longer writing ventures before, the current stories can still be read on their own.

As for the premise, this collection is about a secret agency whose goal is to keep the spacetime continuum intact. If that sounds a little familiar: I'm aware, but these stories aren't metafictional parodies. The main premises all center around time travel (time loops, alternate timelines, people meeting their past selves and so on), and they're all played for horror and/or tragedy. I'm also planning to add a soupcon of gay romance to the later stories, but the two I've finished so far don't have that yet.

• August 25, 1997: a young woman finds an answer to an unsolved mystery in an unlikely place. Warnings for implications of child kidnapping, some violent content, and strong language as well as mature themes (non-explicit, promise).
• Mirror, Mirror Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3: a seasoned time travel agent encounters a horrifying glitch on a mission. Warnings for mentions of needles and eye injuries, as well as more violence and language, and a lot of existential horror.

I'd be much obliged if someone let me know what they think of these; I've been feeling very rusty, and my latest stories desperately need feedback. I'm posting them on Wattpad just for reach, but if anyone here decides to check them out, please let me know what you think. :)

-Oculus