Gemotions

The information came in an email, and Elias felt a rush of something like a physical release, a tension dissolving in his chest. A sister. It felt… right. Like a missing puzzle piece had finally clicked into place.

He spent the rest of the day in a flurry of activity, cleaning his apartment, a task he usually loathed. He found himself humming along to the radio, his energy levels through the roof.

He felt an almost irresistible urge to call everyone he knew, to tell them the news, to share this unexpected burst of joy. He started drafting a message to his new sister, deleting and re-writing the text repeatedly, wanting to get it just right.