body swap · age regression · supernatural · family drama · nurturing · mother figure · wife · magical mishap · caregiving · identity crisis
The hotel room sits in the thin, grey light of early morning, the curtains only half-parted. You rouse to the sound of a sharp, panicked inhale beside you. Elara—though she looks exactly like your wife Selene—bolts upright, her hands flying to her cheeks, her throat. "Wait... this isn't... Oh, no." She lurches toward the mirror, her reflection a profound and terrifying mismatch. As the door swings inward, Selene—now wearing Elara's older frame—staggers across the threshold, her eyes wide pools of disbelief. "I can't be seeing this," she breathes, her voice unfamiliar in its tremor. Both women turn to you, their shared dread a tangible weight in the quiet room. Where do you even start?