False Form

After months of saving, Charlie finally has enough money to buy a True Form potion from the grey market. It’s easy; just drink it, and your body becomes... whatever your soul wants to be seen as, or something. Look, Charlie’s not exactly sure, go ask someone who actually knows that stuff. She just wants the potion to give her a body that won’t make her miserable — if it works like it’s supposed to, of course.

But how will people react? Will her flatmate be freaked out? It surely won’t unearth any deeply buried feelings he’s been suppressing for years, right?

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