Gemotions

The listing's headline – "Charming Colonial! Your Dream Home!" – felt like a personal insult. Ethan stared at the screen, the cheerful font mocking his unease. He felt a cold dread creeping into his bones, a feeling of displacement he couldn't explain. He'd never truly processed the loss of his childhood home, and now, seeing it so perfectly preserved, yet irrevocably *changed*, sent him reeling. He felt the sudden urge to smash the laptop, to destroy this tangible reminder of what he had lost.