Written by Princess Kay
Commissioned by Charonshope
Content Warning:
This story includes sluttification, and an unexpected (though not quite unwilling) transformation.
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Miles stared at the bottle of pink liquid resting in his palm. His heart was pounding in his chest. He couldn't stay still, shifting his weight constantly, pressing his bare ass against the mattress. He was being ridiculous, and he knew it. Potions of femininity were harmless. They were only temporary, so long as you took them as directed, and even if you messed up you could always reverse the process with another potion. Not that he was going to let himself mess up, here.
Miles tore his gaze from the potion, focusing instead on the spoon that was perched on the edge of his nightstand. One teaspoon; no more, no less. That would transform him for an hour, with no side effects, at least according to the alchemist who'd sold it to him. She'd also talked about the side effects, at length, but Miles hadn't really listened. It didn't really matter, since Miles had no intention of taking more than one dose. There was no reason to since he was only doing this to satisfy his curiosity. He just wanted to know what it felt like, to be a woman. It was something he'd been wondering ever since he first heard of femininity potions, back when he was just a kid. He would have gotten one the moment he'd turned eighteen, but they were exorbitantly expensive. Even the one in his hand had been pretty costly, and it had been heavily discounted.
According to the alchemist who made it, it was something she'd been experimenting with. She was apparently still working out the kinks, so Miles was supposed to call the shop and give a report on the transformation the next day. Or within the next hour, if anything really bad happened.
...That was a little concerning, but she'd promised that nothing permanent would happen. He'd looked up reviews of her store, Molly's Concoctions, and while there were a couple of complaints about her customer service, everyone agreed that Molly's potions were top quality. He had nothing to worry about, even with an experimental potion, so long as he kept to one dose. Even two would be fine - it would add another hour to the duration, and there might be some additional side effects, but everything would still be temporary. If he took more than that, though... Actually, Miles wasn't really sure what would happen. More side effects, most likely, and it would probably last longer, too. Molly had gone on at length about the various possible outcomes, but he'd mostly tuned her out since he really didn't plan on taking more than one dose.
He was a lot more worried about the transformation. Or, more accurately, he was anxious about how he'd feel
after
the transformation, though. He didn't know much about dysphoria, but he knew it was unpleasant, and the thought of experiencing it for himself was scary. He
already
felt uncomfortable in his own skin, like he was being forced to wear an ill-fitting suit; he didn't want it to get worse.
Then again, Miles wasn't sure it
could
get worse. Some part of him even thought it would make things
better
, though he knew that was nothing more than a delusion. He'd felt this way since puberty, after all, and he knew full well that it wasn't ever going to get better. Even in a world of magic potions, the only real cure for mental issues was expensive therapy.
Still, he couldn't help the flicker of hope that beat in his chest when he looked at the potion. How would a woman's body feel? There was no way it could be worse. The feminine form was so beautiful, so wonderful, so
right.
Maybe it really would feel more natural than his current body?
As ridiculous as that thought was, Miles didn't think he'd be able to give it up until he'd tested it out. And now, after all these years, he could finally slake his curiosity with just a teaspoon of pink liquid. There was nothing stopping him, now. So why wasn't he uncorking the bottle? Why was he delaying? He should have been excited, so why was he struggling to take the final step?
Maybe his fear was a sign. Maybe he shouldn't do this at all. But then his curiosity would never disappear. Not to mention what a waste of money it would be. Even heavily discounted, buying this potion had taken a good chunk of his paycheck. Molly's Concoctions didn't take refunds, and it was illegal to sell potions without a license, so there was no way to recoup his losses at this point. At least if he drank the potion, he'd be getting something out of it. So he should take the potion, right? Just to see what being a girl felt like.
Not giving himself another chance to second guess himself, Miles snatched the spoon off the nightstand and pulled the cork free of its bottle, and measured out a dose. Not trusting himself to lift the spoon to his lips without spilling it, he lowered his mouth to the utensil, instead, and sucked the potion off of it.
The potion was warm and sweet against his tongue, and it went down smooth. It was more viscous than he'd realized, like a thick syrup, and it brought with it a gentle heat as it traveled down his throat, and into the center of his being. From there the warmth radiated outward, slowly suffusing his entire being.
Miles hastily moved to put the remaining portion, and the spoon, back onto the stand, before settling back down on the bed. He took another deep breath, trying to mentally prepare himself, as the warmth reached his extremities, suffusing his entire body, from the top of his head to the tips of his toes.
He felt his throat constrict, a prickling sensation spreading through it, akin to pins and needles dancing across his skin. Such sensations would usually be uncomfortable, to say the least, but it somehow felt pleasant. He vaguely remembered something about transformation potions, a half-forgotten kernel of knowledge from his schooldays. A dramatic transformation should, by all rights, be painful, but alchemists had discovered a way to trick the brain into confusing any pain signals from the alterations for pleasure.