Clocked Out of Heaven

Aurelius spent a thousand lonely years on an immortal assembly line, rolling pills in a distant paradise. A cosmic traffic incident abruptly ends that existence and strands his consciousness in the battered body of James Cross, a long-suffering eldest son trapped by family expectations, a forced humble marriage, and constant scorn. He expects coldness. Instead he finds a wife and mother-in-law who meet him with quiet patience and unexpected tenderness. Love that Aurelius never knew unravels him. With no wealth or status to offer, gratitude becomes torment. Driven by a single radical idea, he decides to lift them out of suffering the only way he knows: to bring his new family into immortality with him. But that choice will demand sacrifice and test whether love can justify forever.