ARCANE // Of Ashes and Seconds • A timebomb fanfic

In the underbelly of Zaun, two broken souls fight their personal battles. Powder, once the bright-eyed girl with dreams too big for the slums, is now a woman haunted by trauma, guilt, and the scars of her past. Battling PTSD, depression, and the overwhelming weight of her actions, she must navigate a world that never stopped turning-while she's stuck in the wreckage of it all.

Ekko, the boy who tried to stop time, is burdened by a relentless battle against it. His mind races, constantly calculating and re-calculating, desperate to fix the mistakes of the past and save those he's lost. But with every failed attempt, he loses a piece of himself.

Told through the perspectives of Powder, Ekko, and others who once stood together, this is a story about survival, guilt, and the unyielding pull of the past. As they try to heal and reconnect, they'll face not only their inner demons but the ghosts of a life that was stolen from them. In the end, the question remains: can they truly outrun time, or is it already too late?

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