lovely runner

genre : romance

score : 10/10

tropes : fan × idol romance, time travel, (again...) age gap, but like by the mind?, doomed timeline, parallel timelines, sacrificial devotion, “you were always meant to know each other” fate

a time-travel romance about a devoted fan who loses her favorite idol far too soon.
so she goes back 15 years into the past to try and save him.

in the present, she’s living with paralysis.
but when she goes back in time, that part of her life hasn’t happened yet.
so she gets a second chance at everything.

they actually knew each other growing up… kind of.
but they don’t really “meet” properly until she time travels.
and suddenly their lives start overlapping in ways they never realized before.

she keeps trying to change his fate.
keeps chasing different timelines just to keep him alive.
but the more she tries, the more they fall into each other.

he falls first. then harder. then even harder.

and underneath all of it… there’s also a serial killer storyline quietly tightening the tension the whole time.
so it’s not just romance. it’s romance + stress + emotional damage.