gluttony · weight gain · food fetish · thanksgiving · domestic · maternal · insatiable hunger · expanding body · comfort food · holiday setting
The rich smell of roasted turkey saturates the air, a fragrant announcement that carries down the street. Inside, the house has reshaped itself, walls bowed outward by the commanding presence at its core. Clara sits anchored at the center, vast and unmoving, encircled by a banquet that endlessly renews itself. Steam curls from platters that never diminish. She offers a warm smile as family members edge cautiously into her territory. The oven doors groan open on their own, and a timer chimes softly from somewhere unseen. *Dinner's ready,* she says, her voice resonant in the enlarged room.