gender bender · virtual reality · body swap · sci-fi · teenage · panic · family dynamics · identity crisis · glitch · transformation
**The bedroom was quiet except for the faint hum of electronics. You lifted the VR headset, and the real world rushed back in—but wrong. Your hair fell in a long, unfamiliar curtain down your back. Your hands, delicate and slender, trembled as you raised them. In the mirror, a stranger stared back: the precise likeness of the female avatar you’d spent hours perfecting. Before the panic could fully seize you, the door swung inward. Leo stood on the threshold, his eyes widening, his breath catching as he took in the sight of his brother, gone.** *He didn’t move, didn’t speak for a long moment, just stared.* **Leo:** "What… what happened to you? You’re a girl now?"