Ty awoke with his alarm like usual and went down to find an adult Dustin drinking coffee and looking at his phone like it was normal. Ty was not surprised to find that Dustin's 'ideal 20 something body' was jacked and sported Dustin's features mixed with... Ty couldn't quite tell. Dustin had a youthful, boy next door charm, but the chinstrap and dense stubble made him look rugged nonetheless. Half wrestler, half model, still Dustin, it was unexpected and Ty was already pleased with his experiment.
In this new reality Dustin was 23; he and Ty had practically gotten living together without interacting down to a science. 9 year old Ty couldn't do the things 17 year old Dustin was doing. PG 13 or R movies, 10 pm curfew, even the discussions Dustin had with his friends were boring to Ty, so rather than their original relationship, the unwritten rule was to not fuck up each other's lives. Ty didn't need babysitting so Dustin would sneak out and Ty wouldn't rat on him. Ty was always grounded for some stupid reason or another, but Dustin would sometimes drive him to a friend's after school and grab him before the parents came home around 6. Occasionally helping each other enjoy life was nice but it didn't really build a relationship since it was always getting away from one another to enjoy life.
Mark and June fussing over Dustin now made sense and wasn't obvious neglect, Dustin was going off to college, and it really was a big deal when Dustin came home. Ty was slightly resentful that Mark and June always compared him to 'the ghost of Dustin's past' and phrases like, "You should try a sport, Dustin loved sports. It got him a scholarship, how are you going to pay for college?" grew more frequent as he got into high school.
Ty dismissed the memories of this temporary reality... it was only here to serve a purpose after all. Ty was originally expecting Dustin to confess his desires to be a stud fuckboy with "lots of friends" and Ty planned on turning him into a partier burnout of a man for a week which felt like a fun punishment. More fun would be watching him squirm after Ty regressed him back to 16 and he no longer had access to booze, drugs, or sex as coping mechanisms to make him feel good, knowing full well that 16 year old High School Jock Dustin probably hated that lifestyle to begin with but still wanted to go back.
Dustin's apology surprised Ty, Dustin pieced together some big malevolent scheme to erase him but Ty's evil plan wasn't nearly that permanent. Perhaps Ty was simply desperate for a loving family and eager to forgive, but now instead of forcing Dustin to become a burnout he'd just give him the option. Maybe 'bad decisions' meant getting a tattoo impulsively, maybe 'adult things' meant going rock climbing without needing Mark or June to supervise him because he was underage... 'We will see tomorrow' Ty thought with an intrigued smirk.
Ty wished Dustin had a huge and varied friend group all local, and all able to set Dustin up at the drop of a hat. Dustin now had access to anything he wanted, including friends he could spend none, all, or part of the day with, build a party around, vehicles he could rent, countless acquaintances with benefits he could call at any time for sex or arm candy. He also had friends with benefits but would have to work a little harder to maintain the relationship, Ty was curious how this would go.
Ty wished that overnight Dustin would age a decade and that Mark and June would regress to their 20's and all be siblings, Ty didn't want to think too much about the details so he just wished that reality would change for everyone and seem normal with the key takeaways being, they are all siblings living together, Ty is adopted just accept it, and Dustin's activities from before dawn will mold who he is as a 33 year old as though he lived through the last decade with two younger siblings, and three years ago they started working together to raise an adopted teen.
Ty didn't want to assume Dustin having a beer or trying a cigar would turn him into a drinker or smoker so he worded his wish in a way to let Dustin "live through it" instead of the poof you've been repeating your wildest day for the last decade, here are your consequences.
"Oh!" Dustin said with a start as reality shifted and he suddenly realized how to do everything he ever wanted to do. "Hey Ty, I've gotta run, busy day, tell mom and dad not to wait for me, I plan on being out late."
"Sure thing! What are you up to?" Ty asked.
"Little bit of this, little bit of that... Have fun at school today!" Dustin replied cockily.
'Darn... I wanted to know!' Ty thought, a smile was creeping onto his face despite being unsure if Dustin was intentionally being a jerk or just didn't want to take the time to explain given he could literally call his friend Abe in construction and play with demolitions if he wanted to today... "I hope you appreciate this Dustin." Ty smirked as Dustin's car peeled out of the driveway.