Griffin and Sabine

I found the most exquisite set of books today.

They were hidden away at the level 5 research section. The range of books were scarce; there were only a few books on rows of otherwise empty shelves. I picked these out the day before yesterday, hoping to at least flip through them for the colourful artwork. I opened the books today, and was pleasantly surprised to find letters in envelopes and postcards waiting for me.

Griffin and Sabine live in parallel universes, probably a couple of years apart. They've always somehow known one another, they could sense the other being there. One day Sabine sees Griffin's artwork on a postcard and immediately recognizes it, and writes to him. He is bewildered and afraid; how did this stranger know so much about him?

Correspondence takes the form of postcards, which they illustrate themselves, and though it has a somewhat rocky beginning, they find themselves looking forward to hearing from each other, up until the point they start to fall in love.

Griffin gets cold feet and wonders if he'd conjured Sabine up, thinking he's lost his mind. He flees from his house and goes away from a while. It's only after he realizes that he misses her that he returns, and his heart flutters once again when they continue writing.

They discuss the theory and possibility of living in alternate universes, and try to meet up in Griffin's house, but though they were there on the same days, either one was nowhere to be found. They continue to write.

Sabine goes on a trip to Alexandria, and writes about a secret door that opens into another world. They discuss it; maybe it could help them meet at last.
They make plans to meet there.