Gemotions

He stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. The face looking back at him was the same, yet different. Daniel ran a hand over his jaw, feeling the familiar contours. But everything had changed. He felt adrift. He had opened the results on his phone at work and then immediately shut it off.

He felt a deep sense of disorientation. The certainty of his identity, once so solid, had dissolved. He needed to understand. He wanted answers. He splashed water on his face, the coldness offering a brief moment of clarity. He reached for the towel, his hand trembling.