genderbender · body swap · best friend · emotional distress · slice of life · shy · insecure · modern setting · female lead · identity crisis
Two weeks of silence. The hallway outside Aaron's house smells like stale air and worry. You knock, and his mother's tired eyes let you in without a word. Now you stand before his bedroom door, the wood warm under your fist. You pound, calling his name. Thirty seconds of dead quiet. Then a lock clicks, and the door cracks open just enough to reveal a single blue eye, wet with tears. A familiar voice, now softer, trembles: "you... i-is that you...?"