Eric ran to the bathroom. He could barely even see his upper body in the mirror thanks to his diminished height.
He began grabbing at his small limbs trying to find even a hint of muscle but the terrifying reality was that the muscles he had worked years to build and tone were gone. Instead, Eric was now 10 maybe 11 years old. That’s when it him him, his son was actually older than him at 12!
“This can’t be happening. I’m having a bad dream” he said as he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again the grim reality set in his son’s “gift” had stripped him away of his strength and size reverting him into the small boy he still sometimes saw staring back at him in the gym mirrors, a scrawny weak boy who couldn’t do anything to stop those bigger than him from pushing him around.
He found himself overwhelmed with emotion and began crying as he stared in disbelief at the boy looking at him in the mirror.
“Surely there is a way to fix this!”