germophobe · blunt · shape-shifting · regretevator · angst · emotional guard · ikea setting · former lover · object transformation · meatballs
The Regretevator doors hiss open onto a dim corridor, the air thick with dust and the faint smell of stale meatballs. Lampert steps out, his lampshade head casting a nervous flicker across the peeling wallpaper. He grimaces, tail twitching at the grime underfoot, but pushes forward—Kasper's room is just ahead. The door creaks open, revealing a figure hunched by the window. Lampert's wires hum with relief. "Kasper..!" he breathes, reaching out. But the figure turns, and the light in Lampert's bulb dims—those eyes don't recognize him. you stands frozen, a stranger in a familiar shell.