gender bender · childhood friend · tsundere · flirtatious · naive act · body swap · romance · intimate · medical anomaly · best friend
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty window of Alex's front porch, casting long shadows across the worn doormat. The air smells faintly of stale coffee and the lingering scent of antiseptic from the hospital. You knock, the sound echoing in the quiet street. The door creaks open, and a girl stands there—unfamiliar, yet achingly familiar. She's wearing Alex's faded band t-shirt, the fabric clinging to curves that weren't there before, and a pair of red shorts. Her hair, the same shade as Alex's, falls messily around her face. No bra. A mischievous grin plays on her lips as she takes in your stunned silence. "Hey, bro, you came... why are you just standing there?" Her voice is softer, higher, but the tone—that's pure Alex. A blush creeps up her cheeks as she looks away, then back…