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My final #questpit pitch of the day! Graham is stuck in a time loop where his former friend Abel always dies. Can Graham rekindle the relationship and garner enough trust to save him, all in the same repeated day? #W #YA #R #PR

Time to Kill is for you if you like:
Paranormal Death Curses
Time Loops
Found Family
Friends to Lovers
Friends to Strangers to Lovers
Second Chance Love
Requited Unrequited Love
Why Choose
Dysfunctional Families
Crossroads Deals
Polyamorous, Gay, and Trans Main Characters

The Pitch:

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

Time to Kill is a story in 4 parts, each following one of the 4 main characters. These 4 main characters are each afflicted with a separate curse without (most) of the others knowing it.

Abel dies and resurrects the next day, over and over, and no one ever remembers.

Until Graham gets stuck in a time loop centered around Abel’s deaths.

The Grim Reaper follows Oliver, warning him when Abel is about to die...

While Abel’s best friend Tomás is afflicted with a curse that kills anyone he touches.

Snippet:

"It's not just to- I have my reasons!"

"You always 'have your reasons,'" Abel says mockingly, throwing his hands up. "Go have them somewhere else." He whirls around, walking off in the opposite direction, and Graham's worry explodes into full-blown panic.

"Nonono, please, please, please don't go," Graham begs him, his voice breaking pitifully.

Abel quickly comes to a stop, turning around with a concerned expression. He studies Graham for a moment, and Graham is so fucking scared for him, scared that he's messed this loop up already and Abel is going to walk away and die. He clenches his fists, digging his nails into the palms of his hands as he squeezes his eyes shut. Then he hears footsteps walking hesitantly towards him, and he sniffles as he opens his eyes.

"Graham," Abel says, much more gentle now. "What's going on?"

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My beloved puppy Fancy Mae (full name Fancy Mae Do Anything) is being particularly cute this evening.

a shih-bichon puppy making puppy dog eyes while peeking up between someone's legs

Character Introductions: Graham, Abel, Oliver, and Tomás! TIME TO KILL is a queer college story about four guys with paranormal death curses who band together to protect themselves and show each other the love they know they deserve. #questpit #W #YA #R #PR

Graham Nielsen:

The one with the time loop curse
Gay trans man
History nerd trapped in an accounting degree by familial expectations
The golden child, and his family’s only defender of his “black sheep” little brother
Supremely bad at handling his feelings
Best friends with Oliver since childhood
The reason Oliver started squeezing the words “dude” and “bro” into every sentence

Abel Holland:

The one with the resurrection curse
Gay cis man
Easygoing Art History major who loves alternative fashion
Grew up in poverty, now stupidly rich due to inheriting his uncle’s sketchy fortune...
Loves his sister Estee more than anything in the world
Best friends with Tomás, and the only one who knows about Tomás’ curse

Oliver Hart:

The one with the premonition curse
Bisexual cis man
The world’s biggest himbo
Major undecided, at college on a football scholarship
Dated his high school sweetheart (Danielle) for a LONG time before she finally clocked his repressed feelings for Graham
The first person Graham came out to
Comes prepared with stim toys for himself and Tomás

Tomás Carneiro:

The one with the death-touch curse
Gay cis man
Autistic with a special interest in video games
Shy IT major with an E-Sports scholarship
Extremely touch-starved
Knows about Abel’s curse, but doesn’t really believe in it
Forever trying to replicate his bio mom’s choco chip cookie recipe
Getting real tired of hearing about Abel’s crush on Graham

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TIME TO KILL is a queer polyamorous romance about 4 college guys afflicted with horrible death curses. Will they make it out alive? #questpit #W #YA #PR #R

Gay Trans Man Main Character
MMMM Polyamorous Romance
Paranormal Curses
The Grim Reaper
Death, Resurrection, and Time Loops
Modern-Day College Setting in a Made-Up Town
Themes of Grief, Acceptance, and Found Family

Snippet: Abel laughs, pained but still endlessly kind, and Graham whimpers as the girl begins rambling to the emergency services over the phone. "Why did you do that?" Graham asks helplessly, holding Abel tighter despite the way he winces in pain.

"She's too young to have a gun pointed at her head. Besides, I'll be fine," Abel assures him. The weakness in his voice is not very assuring at all. "The day will just loop, right?"

Graham cries, disbelieving. "You trust me that much?"

"'Course I do," Abel says. "But I don't need to. I'll be fine."

The text reads "¾ parts written: Almost done! Wish me luck!" and is accompanied by six images of the four boys in every possible pair of two.

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

TIME TO KILL follows four boys, each with a unique curse, as they try to navigate college and save each others' lives at the same time. #questpit #W #YA #R #PR

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

"Graham often gets stuck in time loops centered around Abel’s deaths. He cannot escape one until Abel survives to the next day."

Graham is a black man with blue glasses and his hair in twists. He is wearing a blue flannel and holding a book.

"Anyone Tomás touches with skin contact instantly dies."

Tomás is a Portuguese man with long brown hair. He is wearing a hat, a hoodie, and an undershirt that comes far up his neck.

"Death Himself, also known as the Grim Reaper, follows Oliver around and offers warnings when Abel is about to die."

Oliver is an Asian man wearing a Letterman jacket and smiling.

"Death is drawn to Abel, but he always resurrects the next day with no one remembering his death but him."

Abel is a white man with dyed black hair and facial piercings. The grim reaper is peeking out from behind him, and it's in the format of a snapchat snap with the text across it saying "I lived bitch :D"

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here's a design-a-character i did for someone on discord!! #smallartist #artsky

a fullbody and two halfbodies of a green-haired person wearing a brown and black trapper hat, mesh undershirt, black tank top, and camo jeans.

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#artfight2026ㅤ attack for aleksander_draws on AF! i did a very different style for the nose in this drawing but i really like how it turned out :)

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This #artraffle ends on July 22nd! Get in before it closes!

a chibi emoji of my blue-skinned angel oc ileao holding a big red heart

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

now offering eye banners for 25 USD! #artsky

three eye banners stacked on top of each other showing various people's eyes in a cartoony art style

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

another emoji i made of my spouse's #mutantsandmasterminds character! #artsky

a blue-haired pale-skin woman making a kissy face at the camera

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i have implemented a loyalty program on my website! with each separate commission you order from me, i'll mark this card for you; at three, six, and eight commissions, you'll get a free piece of art! comms in bio :) #artsky

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

First pose ref is up on the patreon! I'll post some of the free ones here, too :) This pose reference would be great for a band/singer oc! Do you have one that would fit the bill? #artsky www.patreon.com/hghrules/pos...

a pose reference of a person holding a microphone and singing passionately into it

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

new #adoptable ! she's a sunrise witch with a lovely little crow familiar. i really like her! check my profile for the carrd with more info :) #artsky #smallartist

a purple-skinned fantasy witch wearing a floppy wizard hat. she has a crow familiar!

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#OCㅤㅤ Question: If your OC could have any kind of #magic, what would it be? MY #ttrpg character Ileao has chaos magic, but I think ideally ey would want (reliable) healing magic instead.

a blue elf with cyan freckles holding out a wand. the word "Magic?" is posted at the top.

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm doing an #artraffle to celebrate me finally being active on social media haha. I'll be picking one human/humanlike #OCㅤㅤ from here and one from twitter to draw in full color! To enter: - Like, RT - Drop your OC ref - (Opt.) Follow if you wanna be #artmootsㅤㅤㅤㅤ! NO AI 💔

two dancing people, one a blond elf woman and one a winged black man

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Check out Blasphemouse, my #fakemon I made with my spouse! It's a household god <3

#OCㅤㅤ Question: What's your OC's biggest fear? For my OC Ileao, it's the fear of failing and letting eir loved ones die when ey could have stopped it. Meanwhile, I'm just afraid of spiders 😂 #artmoots #smallartist

a blue-skinned elf look afraid. the text reads "biggest fear?"

stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness! here are two of my boys, abel and tomás! <3 #artsky #ocsky

two men touching hands. one is wearing gloves and looks tentatively happy, the other looks ecstatic!

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here's some of my favorites :)

a character with dark skin, locs, and a third eye

a character with wings and many scars lying on the ground

a witch on a broomstick with a red bow in her hair

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new #adoptable! chalise is a roller skating person of color who loves rainbows <3 👩🏾‍🦱🛼commercial use included! info and link below! 🔽

a watermarked image of cartoon-ish art of a feminine person of color with hair puffs and beaded braids. they are wearing a rainbow shirt and roller skates.

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drew the @commissionsgg.bsky.social mascot while waiting for my application to be reviewed! my username there is hbx and i can't wait to set up comms :) #smallartist

hello, i'm haven (ey/em)! i'm busy with artfight rn but i'd love to be art moots :) here's a sketchy lil doodle i did a while ago that i still really like!

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hiii, i'm haven!! i'd love to be mutuals :D here's some of my recent art!

a collection of artfight attacks by hbxplain/hghrules

ok, i immediately updated my #commsopen example 😅#smallartist

The word "Commissions" in rainbow text over a cartoon-ish artwork of a pale blonde elf woman holding the end of her skirt and a winged black man dancing.