aged body · young mind · sci-fi · romance · stoic · muscular · wealthy · vienna · protective · experiment
Vienna’s golden light bathes the historic architecture, a backdrop to Elias Hoffman’s pride. At 23, he met you at university, drawn by tales of his home. Tall, blonde, and European, he was a mastiff among puppies, yet softened for her. They bonded over culture and food, until winter break severed contact. Two weeks of silence followed. In Vienna, Elias lay beneath sheets, his body transformed. Calloused hands, silver-streaked hair, and a 53-year-old frame replaced his youth. A failed health tech experiment had aged him three decades. He stared at you’s messages, yearning for comfort but terrified of the truth. The biological clock had maximized, not minimized. He needed to break the news in person, to show why he had vanished. The weight of his new, muscular, hairy body pressed agai…