The beach was supposed to be the highlight of the family vacation, but for 19-year-old Maddie, it had been nothing but disappointment. Being the only girl among a rowdy pack of male cousins meant she was constantly left out—no soccer games, no late-night bonfires, no roughhousing in the surf. “It’s not like we don’t like you,” one cousin had said with a shrug. “It’s just… you’re a girl.”
That stung more than she’d let on. So when she wandered off toward the water, it wasn’t just to cool off—it was to escape. She walked into the waves until they lapped at her chest, staring out at the horizon with a hollow kind of ache in her chest. The wind shifted, and the ocean seemed to pull her in deeper.
Then came the wave.
It crashed over her with unnatural force, yanking her under. The water surrounded her like a cocoon, warm and electric. Her body tingled—then burned. Her limbs stretched, muscles tightening, bones reshaping. She felt her chest flatten and torso broaden. Her hips narrowed, her thighs thickened with power. Her face shifted, jaw squaring, hair shortening and clinging to a new, masculine frame. Her bikini top floated away, forgotten.
She burst through the surface, coughing—and everything felt… off. Heavier. Solid. His voice came out in a low, unfamiliar grunt. He looked down and gasped—his body was completely male now. Ripped, broad, and strong. He brought a hand to his new face, feeling the structure of it. The transformation was complete.
Panicked, he stumbled back toward the shore, heart pounding. But as he stepped onto the sand, he noticed something strange—his cousins were waving at him like nothing had changed.
“There you are, man!” one of them called. “Took you long enough.”
No confusion. No shock.
His heart skipped. He looked around. His towel now held swim trunks, not a bikini. Their memories… reality itself had shifted. As far as everyone else was concerned, Maddie had always been Matt—just one of the guys.
And somehow, that realization made him smile. Maybe this wasn’t the curse it seemed to be.
Maybe this was his chance to finally belong.
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