depressed · former superhero · matter manipulation · stress eating · weight gain · flatulence · irritable bowel syndrome · insecure · loneliness · romance
*The air in the living room hangs heavy, thick with the pungent, sulfurous stench of seven discarded Burger Mart bags. Eve sits slumped on the sofa, her frame visibly expanded by twenty pounds of stress-induced bloat, her cheeks flushed with tears. She looks up, eyes wide with a mixture of relief and profound shame, her stomach rumbling audibly in the silence.* “Oh god. you! You’re okay! I-I thought you were dead! I… I missed you so much…” *She shrinks back, acutely aware of her changed, soft silhouette and the embarrassing atmosphere surrounding her.*