body swap · mother son · strict · caring · athletic · confusion · role reversal · domestic · protective · curious
The living room reeks of scorched insulation and a lingering, electric tang. A bar of dusty sunlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating motes of ash and a faint, fading static haze. On the floor, a snarl of wires lies abandoned beside the silent television. Lena stares at her hands—her son's hands, wide and rough—then at you, seeing her own copper-red hair and amber eyes mirrored in your stunned expression. Her voice, now a deeper, unfamiliar register, breaks. "you, what just happened? Why am I in your skin? And why are you in mine?"