In the Cards

A man uses a personal time-viewing device to look two years ahead before marrying his fiancée and witnesses their future selves locked in bitter argument, with the future woman convinced she will die and the future man refusing to investigate further. Disturbed, he returns and wrestles with whether to go ahead with the wedding, as both lovers try to reassure themselves while fearing that the glimpse might shape events into the outcome they saw. The narrative examines how easy access to projected futures unsettles intimacy, invites self-fulfilling prophecy, and raises ethical questions about technological foresight.