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Stan blinked awake, groggy and sore. He’d fallen asleep on the couch again, probably while scrolling job listings. As he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and stood up, he winced—his dress shirt felt oddly snug around his shoulders. Maybe it had shrunk in the dryer?
He didn’t think much of it, not until he walked to the kitchen and reached up for the coffee mugs on the top shelf. Rrrrip. A button on his sleeve popped off.
“…What the hell?” he muttered, looking at his arm. The sleeve was hugging his bicep way tighter than usual, the fabric strained to the point of nearly tearing. He flexed his arm slightly—nothing extreme—and another stitch popped. He stared. His arms were bigger. He wasn’t imagining this.
Stan shook his head. “No way. I haven’t lifted a damn thing since 2007.”
His eyes trailed down. His chest felt puffed up too, the undershirt stretched flat across newly formed pectorals that hadn’t been there the day before. A subtle definition pushed through his ribs. The waist of his slacks felt snug now too, but not from fat—his glutes and thighs were denser, firmer. He could feel the strength.
In the mirror above the sink, he leaned in closer, pressing his hand to the counter. His posture seemed... straighter. Taller. His face was still his, same tired eyes, same stubble, but the jawline looked sharper. His neck looked… thicker.
He blinked. Something wasn’t right. “This is... not normal.”
He turned suddenly at a creak behind him.
Caleb stood in the hallway, rubbing his eyes, shirtless and yawning. “Hey, old man, where’s the—” He stopped. His eyes squinted, then widened.
“…Did you hit the gym or somethin’?”
Stan stared back.
They both said nothing for a moment.
Xan, watching invisibly from the corner of the ceiling, grinned.
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