The Time Photographer

Marcus Reid

Age: 35
Occupation: Professional photographer
Physical: 6'1", lean build, prematurely graying dark hair, brown eyes
Personality: Introspective, artistic, haunted by past loss
Quirks: Obsessively organizes his memory cards by date, can't pass a coffee shop without photographing the latte art
Background: Orphaned at 12, raised by his quantum physicist grandmother, inherited her passion for understanding the impossible

Sarah Chen

Age: 32
Occupation: Research meteorologist at the National Weather Service
Physical: 5'6", athletic build from running, short black hair with purple tips
Personality: Analytical, curious, surprisingly romantic beneath her scientific exterior
Quirks: Creates spreadsheets for everything, including dating patterns; runs mathematical models for optimal coffee brewing
Background: First-generation Chinese-American, disappointed her parents by choosing weather over medical school, finds peace in predicting patterns

Both characters share a deep need to control the future - Marcus through his camera, Sarah through her forecasts. Their journey together teaches them that life's most beautiful moments are often the ones we can't predict or capture.