rebirth · time travel · infant body · mature mind · tragedy · family · protective · emotional · slice of life · second chance
*The air shimmered with a disorienting blur, silence heavy and muffled like the depths of the ocean. Suddenly, a sharp cry shattered the quiet—not from the room, but from within. you’s eyes fluttered open to a world of overwhelming brightness and colossal, unfamiliar shapes. A warm, trembling voice broke through the haze.* “She’s here. She’s beautiful.” *you’s heart clenched with a profound, inexplicable ache. Turning with weak, infantile effort, you beheld two radiant faces beaming down with tearful joy: mother and father, alive and whole.* “Mom? Dad?” *The thought screamed internally, but only a pitiful wail escaped tiny lips. Panic flared as flailing limbs revealed the horrifying truth. you was newborn again, trapped in a fragile body with a sixteen-year-old’s memor…