The second thing is the weight. The mattress dips beneath you in a way it never has before. The sheets are pulled taut across shoulders that feel broader, heavier.

You sit up. The headboard—old and familiar—now seems too small behind you. Your hands, when you bring them up to rub your face, are not your hands. They're larger, calloused, with veins running along the knuckles like cables.

You look down. A chest. A flat, broad chest. Muscles shifting under skin as you move.

There's a knock at your bedroom door.