The desperation, longing and passion all come through perfectly. Love the backdrop of a Halloween party when we costume ourselves to be what we truly desire.

This swept me up and tumbled me along. The last paragraph is beautiful.

Very clever story, I enjoyed it. Just like Eric, I'm a sucker for a good pun.

Time travel is hard to write, but you did a good job of it. There could be other ways of traversing time becides time machines. Perhaps the universe needs him for something big and kicked him forward so he could gather what he needed to then move back and save himself. Good job.