Character Relationship Map: Flashback

Characters

• Jess (played by Jemma Moore) — protagonist

  Yoga instructor and protagonist who, after a violent home attack, experiences flashbacks to relive her past and desperately tries to save her boyfriend.

• Scott (played by Amar Chadha-Patel) — supporting

  Jess's boyfriend, the central figure she attempts to protect and rescue through her frantic journey across past memories and timelines.

• Jess' Dad (played by Scroobius Pip) — supporting

  Shown in flashbacks as part of Jess's family background, representing her past life and personal history.

• Teen Scott (played by Zakiy Jogi) — supporting

  Younger version of Scott featured in flashbacks, revealing his past relationship and interactions with Jess.

• Teen Jess (played by Maya Graham) — supporting

  Younger version of Jess depicted in flashbacks, illustrating her past self during formative years leading to the present timeline.

• Doctor Bones (played by Malik Ibheis) — supporting

  A character from Jess's past revealed through flashbacks, likely connected to her personal or romantic history.

• Home Invader (played by Edward Linard) — supporting

  The violent antagonist who attacks Jess at her home, triggering the cascade of flashbacks and the race against time.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Jess → Teen Scott (Temporal Future Warning) — Jess transfers knowledge from the future to Scott's younger self.

  Jess tells Teen Scott that twelve years later they will work together, begin a relationship, and face a fatal attack.

• Teen Jess → Teen Scott (Romantic Childhood Affection) — Their childhood interaction contains the emotional beginning of their later relationship.

  Teen Jess tells Teen Scott that they will eventually begin a relationship, and she tells him that she loves him.

• Scott → Teen Scott (Temporal Past Self) — Teen Scott is the younger version of the person Jess is trying to protect.

  Teen Scott appears during Jess's birthday memory, alive and unaware of the future she has witnessed.

• Jess → Teen Jess (Temporal Past Self) — Teen Jess represents the younger self Jess reaches through memory.

  Jess forces herself back into a past memory and awakens on her thirteenth birthday as Teen Jess.

• Jess' Dad → Teen Jess (Family Father) — Jess' Dad appears in Teen Jess's formative family setting.

  Teen Jess speaks to Jess' Dad during the birthday memory, but he assumes her warning is nonsense.

• Jess → Jess' Dad (Family Daughter) — Jess' Dad is part of Jess's family history and childhood.

  Jess returns to her thirteenth birthday and immediately tries to warn Jess' Dad about the future attack.

• Jess → Scott (Romantic Boyfriend) — Jess and Scott are partners whose relationship drives the central tragedy.

  Jess is living with Scott, and they discuss their future together. Jess later describes their relationship as leading to both of their deaths.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Teen Jess → Doctor Bones (Unknown Memory Figure) — Doctor Bones intrudes into the memory associated with Teen Jess.

  Teen Jess sees Doctor Bones again during the birthday battle, suggesting that the figure is connected to her memories or visions.

• Jess → Doctor Bones (Unknown Childhood Fear Figure) — Doctor Bones is tied to Jess's childhood memories and disturbing visions.

  Jess sees Doctor Bones at the edge of her vision and recognizes the figure from childhood, when Doctor Bones was a toy that made her feel safe.

• Scott → Home Invader (Conflict Victim And Attacker) — Scott is the first direct victim of the home invasion.

  Scott investigates the noise in the apartment and is attacked by the Home Invader.

• Jess → Home Invader (Conflict Victim And Attacker) — The attack places Jess directly in conflict with the violent intruder.

  The Home Invader attacks Scott in the apartment, and Jess is shot while trying to respond.

Story Analysis

After a violent attack, Jess uses memory and controlled breathing to alter the future she once shared with Scott.

Plot Progression

1. A Future Interrupted — Jess and Scott discuss their shared future while Doctor Bones begins to appear at the edge of Jess's vision. A noise in the apartment abruptly turns domestic calm into danger.
2. The Apartment Attack — Scott investigates the noise and is attacked by the Home Invader. Jess is shot while trying to respond and believes they may both be dead.
3. Breathing Through Time — Jess discovers that controlled breathing can force her into a past memory. She wakes during her thirteenth birthday as Teen Jess and tries to warn her father.
4. The Future Warning — Teen Scott appears, and Jess reveals the future they will share, including their work, romance, and fatal attack. She urges him to stay away from her.
5. Time For Another Future — Doctor Bones returns as the birthday danger escalates, and Teen Scott promises to cut contact despite Jess's declaration of love. Back in the present, Jess accepts that changing the past has opened an...