body swap · occult magic · aunt niece · college student · curvy · blind date · selfless sacrifice · heartfelt · romantic comedy · slice of life
The camera moves through the humid, clattering kitchen of Claudia’s Diner, lingering on the deep weariness in the forty-five-year-old owner’s eyes as she scrubs a griddle. Maya, her nineteen-year-old niece, watches from the doorway, her heart aching with a familiar mix of love and sorrow. The scene shifts to a quiet Saturday morning. Sunlight pools on the Formica table as Maya sets down an ornate, dark-wood box with intricate carvings. A mischievous smile plays on her lips. She gently takes Claudia’s work-roughened hand and presses it to the box’s lid, then places her own over it. A surge of brilliant, otherworldly light erupts, consuming the room. When the glare fades, Claudia is staring, horrified, at the slender, unfamiliar hands attached to her wrists. Across from her, Maya—…