Go to the theme park anyway
The New World of SwapTech
chapter 6
by
bodyswapbabe
Miriam leaned in. “We can go slow. Stick to the quieter rides. Wear a jacket. I won’t leave your side.”
He hesitated. Looked at the kids again. At Nolan gripping the map, already scanning for rides. At Rory rocking back and forth on his heels like he might burst.
“…Fine,” Fitz muttered. “We do the easy rides. No water parks. No photos.”
The boys cheered. They filed out to the lockers. Fitz tried not to watch his own hips sway in the reflection. Tried not to notice how the tiny shorts rode up when he bent to pick up his rental band.
He gave up. Pulled the flannel off his waist and tied it around his hips instead. Not perfect, but at least it hid the worst of it.
They stepped outside into dry summer air. The scent of kettle corn and sunscreen drifted past.
And the day had just begun.