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Night Out
The bar was just two blocks from the site, full of construction workers unwinding after their shift â loud voices, cheap beer, and pool tables glowing under green lamps.
Evan walked in as Tyrell.
Heads turned. Not out of shock, but respect. Tyrell was known here. He was the big man who didnât talk much but always won arm-wrestling bets and never bought a second roundâbecause someone else always offered to first.
Evan soaked it all in.
The weight of attention. The way guys nodded at him like theyâd done this for years. The subtle smirks from womenâand menâwho didnât bother to hide their attraction. A few probably had flirted with Tyrell before. Maybe even more.
He slid up to the bar and ordered a whiskey. Neat. Tyrell's voice made it sound like law.
And then came Jordan.
Mid-20s, lean, buzzcut, jeans hugging his hips too well. Former site intern turned junior project manager. Clearly curious, slightly tipsy, and already leaning against the bar like this wasnât his first attempt.
âI didnât know you drank whiskey.â
Evan tilted his head slowly. Let his new lips curl into a smile Tyrell never wore.
âTrying something new tonight.â
Jordan flushed.
They talked. Played pool. Evan let his hand rest a little longer than needed on Jordanâs back. By the third drink, Jordan whispered, âYouâre different tonight.â
Evan leaned in, breath warm by his ear. âYouâve no idea.â
They didnât make it back to anyoneâs apartment.
The bathroom at the back of the bar was private enough.
Evan didnât even have to push. Jordan wanted it. Pushed back. Needing to feel Tyrellâs strength, his size, his control. And Evan gave it to himâall of it. With perfect skill and confidence Tyrell probably never had.
Jordan gasped, âF-fuck, I didnât think youâŚâ
Evan only smirked, pinning him gently against the cold wall.
âIâm full of surprises.â
Later, Evan stood by the mirror, shirt open, breathing slow.
He didnât feel guilt. Just satisfaction.
He was living Tyrell better than Tyrell ever did.
The night was still young.
And this skin?
Was far from done being worn.
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Steam
The showers at the end of the site werenât fancyâjust a long room with chipped tiles, hot mist, and the occasional dripping pipe that echoed in the quiet.
Evan had waited until the end of shift. Most of the crew had already cleared out. All except one.
Tyrell.
Young. Massive. The kind of man who didnât need to try to be sexy. His body was the worksiteâtall, powerful, carved by labor, not a gym. His towel hung low on his hips, and the tattoos across his chest beaded with sweat and soap.
Evan entered quietly, barefoot, a towel around his own waist. The ring was already in hand.
He didnât speak.
He just walked toward Tyrell, calm, smooth, eyes locked.
Tyrell raised an eyebrow. âYou lost, bro?â
Evan held up the ring. âFound something.â
Tyrell looked down. âYou wear jewelry in the shower?â
âItâs not mine.â Evan extended it. âJust try it on. Might look good on you.â
Something in his tone made Tyrell pause. A dare? A challenge? His pride didnât let him back down.
He took the ring.
Slid it onto his finger.
The moment it clicked into place, the effect was instant.
Tyrell inhaled sharply and dropped to one knee as the ring pulsed.
His body froze.
Evan stepped back, watching with calm reverence as the transformation began.
Tyrellâs form loosened like a deflating balloonânot collapsing, but relaxing into something hollow. The strength was still there, the mass, the heat, but it was like the soul had stepped aside, just long enough.
Steam curled tighter in the air.
Evan approached, placed a hand on Tyrellâs muscular shoulder, and gently took the ring from his now-limp finger.
Sliding it onto himself, he closed his eyes.
A familiar pull.
A rush.
His own body evaporated like a shadowâand he slid into Tyrell like stepping into a second skin.
Muscles tensed. The heart beat again. A deep voice returned to his throat.
He looked down.
Black skin. Dense pecs. Strong legs.
He flexed onceâgods, it felt good. Tyrellâs voice escaped in a slow, curious chuckle as Evan adjusted to the weight, the rhythm, the masculinity of the new shell.
He picked up the towel and slung it over his shoulder, admiring himself in the foggy mirror.
No one would question Tyrell leaving the showers late.
But the man who entered the steam?
Wasnât the one who left.
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Try It On
The construction siteâs public restroom was barely lit, the kind of place where no one lingered unless they had to.
Evan had been waiting.
He leaned against the stall wall, calm, focused. In the next cubicle, someone shuffled inâheavy boots, tired sigh, the unmistakable sound of a man whoâd just finished his lunch break and needed a minute to breathe. From the ID badge Evan had seen earlier, his name was Marco.
Thick. Bearded. Built like a tank. Worn hands. Real sweat, not gym sweat.
Exactly what Evan wanted.
He tapped lightly on the metal divider. âHey.â
A grunt.
âYou dropped this.â
He slipped the black ring under the stall wall, just enough to let the man see it.
There was a pause.
âWhat is it?â came the gravelly voice.
âDunno. Found it outside. Looks expensive.â
A beat.
Then the ring disappeared from sight.
Evan listenedâclickâas Marco slid it on.
There was a soft gasp.
Then silence.
A wet, organic sound followedâa shuddering thud like something soft collapsing inside skin. Boots scraped as the man in the stall suddenly slumped against the wall. Breath caught. Then⌠stopped.
Evan opened the door and stepped into the neighboring cubicle.
Marco sat motionless on the toilet seat, legs spread, eyes open but unfocused. His hands rested on his thighs, fingers twitching.
Evan reached down, plucked the ring off the manâs unresisting hand.
It was still warm.
Without hesitation, he slid it onto his own finger.
Compression. Heat. A rush of scent and memory.
His body collapsedâand expanded.
In seconds, he was inside Marco.
His view now came from behind a thick brow and calloused face. He felt the strain in the shoulders, the weight of a full work day embedded in the muscles. He flexed his handsâMarcoâs hands. Rolled his neck.
A perfect fit.
He pulled up the overalls. Adjusted the tool belt.
In the mirror above the cracked sink, a stranger looked back.
A construction worker. Mid-30s. Married, probably. But not anymore.
Because now Evan was wearing him.
He opened the door and walked out into the sunlight like he belonged there.
The old Evan was gone.
And Marco? Just another empty shell, left on a toilet seat behind a locked door.
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The Ring
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Evan had grown bored of the gym crowd.
They were too easy. Too polished. Too predictable.
He wanted real muscle this time. Raw, rugged, and unfiltered. And as fate would have it, he found exactly what he was looking for sitting on a concrete ledge just outside a construction site on 8th Avenueâboots unlaced, arms thick with sunburnt strength, eating a foil-wrapped sandwich like he hadn't tasted food in days.
The guy was perfect.
Late 20s, maybe early 30s. Grease on his jeans, dust on his neck. A real man. The kind Evan used to only fantasize about.
He sat next to him like it was coincidence.
âYou dropped this,â Evan said, holding out the black ring.
The man looked up. Squinted. âNah, not mine.â
âTry it anyway. Looks like your size.â
A shrug. A big, calloused hand took it, and he slid the ring onto his thick middle finger.
Thatâs all it took.
There was no flash, no glow. Just a sudden hitch in his breath. His body jerked once, hard. Then again. His eyes glazed for a momentâlike he was seeing something far awayâand thenâŚ
He just stopped moving.
Evan smiled and stood.
The ring had done its job.
The construction workerâs body went limp for half a second before tightening, like someone learning how to control it from the inside out.
Evan leaned down and picked up the ringânow cool and slickâand slid it onto his own finger.
Snap.
The world shifted.
In an instant, his view changed. He felt taller. Heavier. Stronger. His fingers were thick, rough. His clothes felt differentâthe weight of a toolbelt, the grit of denim.
He looked down.
Boots. Dusty pants. A stained tank top stretching across a chest that could crush concrete.
He brought a hand to his face. Beard stubble. A crooked grin.
He was inside him.
Not wearing him metaphoricallyâliterally. Every nerve. Every muscle. The body wasnât his, but it moved like it was.
No one around noticed. Just another worker on break. Another guy with dirt on his arms and sweat in his hair.
He turned to leave.
Evanânow wrapped in the life of someone elseâwhistled low as he walked off down the street.
He didnât need magic.
Just the ring.
And soon, heâd find another life worth wearing.
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The Ring
Evan had worn the ring long enough.
It had given him everythingâstatus, sex, power. A body sculpted like a Greek statue, charm that bordered on supernatural, and a hunger that was never quite satisfied. But the deeper the pleasure, the louder the voice became. The thing inside.
He wanted out.
Thatâs when he saw Chaseâa musclebound, loud-laughing jock at his gym. Always shirtless when he didnât need to be, always with a crowd around him. The kind of guy who thought he ruled the place because of his deadlifts and followers.
Evan smiled. Perfect.
After a brief flirtation near the locker room mirrors, he slipped the ring off and handed it over.
âTry it on,â he said, casual. âItâs supposed to boost testosterone. Weird bio-energy thing.â
Chase scoffed, but curiosity won.
The moment the black ring touched his skin, it latched tight.
He staggered.
Veins bulged. Muscles twitched. His breath caught as something ancient and hot slammed into him like a furnace blast. Eyes wide, he dropped to his kneesâbut the ring didnât fall off. It sank deeper.
Then came the screamâhalf pleasure, half terror.
Evan backed away as Chaseâs body twisted, perfecting itself. Abs sharpened. Arms thickened. His already godlike form became inhumanly flawless. Sweat steamed off his skin as the thing inside him entered fully.
And thenâsilence.
The ring finally loosened and dropped to the floor with a heavy clink, bouncing once.
Chaseâs body slumped over, empty. Hollow.
But Evan wasnât shocked.
He stepped forward and picked up the ringânow cold, whispering again.
With a sigh, he slid it back on.
And Chaseâs entire body surged up and snapped upright like a puppet yanked by strings.
The face was still Chaseâsâbut the smile wasnât.
It was Evanâs, stretched over new flesh.
The transfer was complete.
Now the jock was his new skin.
And the hunger?
Worse than ever.
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In His Skin
They all looked at him.
On the street. In the bar. In the gym. It didnât matter. Wherever he walked, people stared. Not just because he was beautiful â though he was. It was the way he carried it. Like he knew he was the answer to a question you were too embarrassed to ask out loud.
His name was Evan Cross, but that wasnât the name on his old ID anymore.
That man, the skinny programmer from Queens with social anxiety and a Tinder history full of dead matches â he was gone. Vanished the moment Evan slid that ring onto his finger at a private boutique in Brooklyn. Matte obsidian, warm to the touch, and fitted like it had been waiting for him.
They told him it was just a gift. Something fashionable. He didnât ask questions.
But that night, things changed.
When he looked in the mirror, the reflection didnât match. Broader shoulders. A sharper jawline. Eyes that dared you to want more. And when he moved, it was like his entire body was tuned to seduction.
It wasnât just a glow-up. It was a transformation.
At first, he thought it was a dream. Then, he realized he could make others feel thingsâintense, primal thingsâwith just a glance, a smirk, a roll of his tongue over his lower lip.
People became addicted to him. Bartenders gave him free drinks, men and women offered him their numbersâsome even begged. He could walk into a club, say nothing, and still go home with anyone.
But it was never enough.
Because the body wasnât entirely his. Something else pulsed beneath the skinâsomething hungry. The ring didnât just transform him. It merged him with someone, or something. An incubus, perhaps. A spirit of lust. A presence that fed on desire and thrived on being wanted.
And Evan? He loved it.
The power. The confidence. The way people melted under his touch. He told himself it was just the magic. That he could stop any time. That he still had control.
But every time he fed the urgeâevery lingering glance, every night tangled in sheets with another strangerâhe felt the possession deepen.
The line between man and entity blurred.
And secretly⌠Evan hoped it would disappear completely.
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The Vessel
The city bustled around himâhonking cabs, chatter from crowded sidewalks, and the ever-present drizzle that coated everything in a film of gray. Yet none of it touched him. Not really. Not anymore.
His name had been Daniel Foster, a struggling fitness model barely scraping by in the streets of Manhattan. That was before the thing inside him woke up.
It had started a week ago when Daniel found a strange pendant tucked into the back pocket of a jacket he bought from a thrift store. Jet black and ice cold to the touch, it was etched with glyphs that looked older than language. He wore it on a whim.
That night, the dream cameâa voice without a mouth, whispering of strength, dominion, and eternity. He awoke drenched in sweat, heart pounding⌠and feeling different.
Each day since, his body changed. Muscles thickened, his frame broadened, and veins surged with unnatural vitality. But it wasnât just physical. He began to lose timeâblacking out and waking miles away, the taste of iron in his mouth, people staring with fearful awe.
Now, walking between the yellow cabs with the rain hissing off his skin, he wasnât Daniel anymore. At least, not entirely.
The entity inside him called itself KaelâThar, a war spirit of ancient origin, bound to mortal vessels. It had lived dozens of lifetimes through chosen bodiesâalways the strong, always the ambitious. Daniel had been the perfect shell.
But possession came at a cost.
Danielâs soul still lingered beneath, a flickering candle inside the roaring furnace of KaelâTharâs power. He could feel himself, screaming behind the eyes that no longer obeyed his will.
KaelâThar relished the attentionâthe way people moved out of his path, the magnetic way strangers stared, unable to look away. Power wasnât just about strength. It was about presence. And now, he had both.
But deep inside, Daniel plotted. He wasn't ready to be erased. Not yet.
And KaelâThar, arrogant and ancient as he was, had underestimated the will of modern man.
Because when power was shared between two minds in one body, there would come a reckoning.
And the city would burn before either one gave up control.
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