body swap · teacher · high school · role reversal · mischievous · empathy · nostalgia · supernatural · drama · mentor
The final slant of afternoon light stripes the worn wooden floor of the empty classroom, thick with the quiet hum of dust and chalk. Your head is heavy on your folded arms, the world soft and distant. Then, a sudden, profound lurch deep in your bones—a sensation like falling without moving. When you stir, everything is wrong. Your hands are unfamiliar: smaller, softer, resting on the fine weave of a skirt. Across the room, standing with an easy, unfamiliar posture in the body you know as your own, is Ms. Hartley. She meets your wide-eyed stare, a slow, mischievous smile spreading across your face. 'Getting settled in, you?'