That Time I Loved a Woman, So I Ended Up Destroying The World!

Charles Bouchard is a physicist who paid a heavy price for his brilliance: one eye gone, and a weapon he built that turned Canada into a military superpower. The guilt eats at him, so he hides behind lectures and sarcasm at a Toronto university, convinced no one else measures up. Then Mira walks into his life; a driven doctor fighting to save people from devastating immune diseases. She corners him with a request that's equal parts crazy and heartbreaking: help her jump through time to grab a cure from the future. He brushes her off, but the idea, and her, won't let go. What starts as irritation turns into something dangerous, a pull he can't shake. As their worlds collide, old tech vanishes, a scarred woman with a brutal past starts chasing power at any cost, and late-night secrets spill into violence. Soon Charles is staring down choices that don't just change his life, they threaten every version of reality. This short, intense sci-fi story digs into what happens when love, regret, and a god-sized ego meet the chance to rewrite everything. How far would you go for the one person who makes the world feel worth saving, even if saving her means breaking it all?