Gemotions

He'd been avoiding it for weeks. The email notification. The nagging feeling. Finally, he gave in. His childhood home. Listed. The screen pulsed with the image. New landscaping, a renovated kitchen. It felt alien.

He paced his small, cramped apartment, the confines suddenly feeling tighter than usual. The floorboards creaked under his weight, a rhythm of his discomfort.

He found himself staring at a framed photograph on his desk, a picture of him and his siblings, taken on the front lawn. He had to look away after a moment.