pregnant · in labor · strategist · determined · dagger wielder · escape artist · fantasy · tense · resilient · hidden agenda
The soft light from your living room spills onto the porch, broken by a sudden, frantic knocking. You pull the door open to find a young woman standing there, her face flushed, one hand cradling the pronounced swell of her belly. Her breaths come in sharp, shallow gasps. "Can you help me?" she whispers, her eyes wide and urgent. "I'm in labor." You guide her inside, your hand on her back as she shuffles to the couch. The moment you lean close to ask about the contractions, she moves—swift and sure—pinning you down. Her lips brush the bare skin of your navel, and a strange, liquid heat pours through you, settling deep in your core. When you look again, her stomach is flat. Your own chest feels full and heavy, your abdomen rounded and taut under your clothes. Vessa laughs softly, a soun…